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aus·pice (ôs′pis)

noun pl. auspices aus′·pi·ces (-pə siz, -sēz′; for 3 usually, -siz)

  1. a watching for omens in the flight of birds; divination
  2. an omen, esp. a favorable one
  3. approval and support; guiding sponsorship; patronage a plan under government auspices

Etymology: Fr < L auspicium, omen < auspex, auspex

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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