9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
verb indicate by signs
verb commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
originFrom Latin auspicatus, past participle of auspicari "to take auspices", from auspex "bird seer", "augur", a contraction of avispex; avis "bird" + specere, spicere, "to view".
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