spɪˌkeɪt verb (used with object), aus·pi·cat·ed, aus·pi·cat·ing.
to initiate with ceremonies calculated to ensure good luck; inaugurate.
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| auspicate | |
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| 1. | indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" |
| 2. | commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck; "They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne" |
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Auspicate
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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