auspice

  • 21auspice — noun (plural auspices) Etymology: Latin auspicium, from auspic , auspex diviner by birds, from avis bird + specere to look, look at more at aviary, spy Date: 1533 1. observation by an augur especially of the flight and feeding of birds to… …

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  • 22auspice — /aw spis/, n., pl. auspices /aw speuh siz/. 1. Usually, auspices. patronage; support; sponsorship: under the auspices of the Department of Education. 2. Often, auspices. a favorable sign or propitious circumstance. 3. a divination or… …

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  • 23auspice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. omen, token; (pl.) patronage, protection, protectorship. See prediction, aid. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Aid or support given by a patron. Often used in plural: aegis, backing, patronage,… …

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  • 24auspice — see AUGUR …

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  • 25auspice — pl.m. auspici …

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  • 26auspice — aus·pice || ɔːspɪs n. approval; patronage; omen, sign …

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  • 27auspice — [ ɔ:spɪs] noun archaic an omen. Phrases under the auspices of with the support or protection of. Origin C16, lit. the observation of bird flight in divination : from Fr., or from L. auspicium, from auspex observer of birds …

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  • 28auspice — s. m. 1. (est.) augure 2. (lett.) promotore, iniziatore, patrocinatore …

    Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • 29auspice — n. Omen, augury, sign, portent, presage, prognostic …

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  • 30auspice — n 1.Usu. auspices patronage, support, sponsorship, protection, aegis; championship, advocacy, favor, approval, sanction, countenance; moral support, encouragement, assistance, aid, help, defense; security, safeguard, palladium; wardenship,… …

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