Aus*pi"cious (?), a. [See Auspice.]
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. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious
years. "Auspicious chief." Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to
persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." Shak.
"Auspicious gales." Pope.
Syn. -- See Propitious.
-- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.