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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {Aus*pi"cious*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
auspiciousness
noun: the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result [syn: {propitiousness}] [ant: {inauspiciousness}, {inauspiciousness}]
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