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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Auspicious

/äs-pĭsh'-əs/ · Aus·pi·cious · IPA /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/
01 a. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
  1. 1.
    Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
    Auspicious union of order and freedom.” Macaulay.
  2. 2.
    Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
  3. 3.
    Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.
Syn. See Propitious.