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spicate
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Spicate
(gcide) | Spicate \Spi"cate\, Spicated \Spi"ca*ted\, a. [L. spicatus, p.
p. of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. spica a
spike, or ear.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or
spikes. --Lee.
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spicate
(wn) | spicate
adj 1: having or relating to spikes; "spicate inflorescence" |
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auspicate
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auspicate
(encz) | auspicate,zahájit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Auspicate
(gcide) | Auspicate \Aus"pi*cate\, v. t.
1. To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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2. To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate;
-- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the
auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any
important business.
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They auspicate all their proceedings. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Auspicate \Aus"pi*cate\, a. [L. auspicatus, p. p. of auspicari
to take auspices, fr. auspex a bird seer, an augur, a contr.
of avispex; avis bird + specere, spicere, to view. See
Aviary, Spy.]
Auspicious. [Obs.] --Holland.
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Inauspicate
(gcide) | Inauspicate \In*aus"pi*cate\, a. [L. inauspicatus; pref. in- not
+ auspicatus, p. p. auspicari. See Auspicate.]
Inauspicious. [Obs.] --Sir G. Buck.
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Spicate
(gcide) | Spicate \Spi"cate\, Spicated \Spi"ca*ted\, a. [L. spicatus, p.
p. of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. spica a
spike, or ear.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or
spikes. --Lee.
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Spicated
(gcide) | Spicate \Spi"cate\, Spicated \Spi"ca*ted\, a. [L. spicatus, p.
p. of spicare furnish with spikes, or ears, fr. spica a
spike, or ear.] (Bot.)
Having the form of a spike, or ear; arranged in a spike or
spikes. --Lee.
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auspicate
(wn) | auspicate
v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
prefigure, forecast, predict]
2: commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They
auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" |
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