AUSPICATE

PRONUNCIATION: (AW-spi-kayt)

MEANING: verb tr.: To begin an undertaking, especially with a ceremony intended to bring good luck.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin auspex (one who observes birds), from avis (bird) + -spex (watcher), from specere (to look). Earliest documented use: 1604.
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CUSPICATE - to bite, especialy with the fangs or eyeteeth

EAU SPICATE - moonshine with a fancy name; from distillation of heads of grain (latin spica)

AU SPYCATE - to or of an espionage effort