Obs. [ad. L. auspicium AUSPICE.] The drawing of omens from birds.
1603. Sir C. Heydon, Jud. Astrol., xvii. 356. Auspicie was rather an inuention of pollicie.
1628. Powerf. Favorite, 120. He consulted with his Auspicy to know what it presaged.
1687. Shadwell, Juvenal’s Sat., x. note. Who interpret dextro pede ‘with most prosperous Auspicies.’
