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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Au-spi'cious, a.

adjective

(-spish'us), a. [See AUSPICE.]

  1. Having omens of success or favorable appearances; as, an auspicious beginning. “Auspicious union of order and freedom.” Macaulay.
  2. Prosperous; fortunate;—applied to persons. “Auspicious chief.” Dryden.
  3. Favorable; propitious;—applied to persons or things. “Thy auspicious mistress.” Shak. “Auspicious gales.” Pope.

Syn.—See PROPITIOUS.