From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
auspicious
adj 1: attended by favorable circumstances; "an auspicious
beginning for the campaign" [ant: inauspicious]
2: tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are
auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable
time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous
moment to make a decision" [syn: encouraging,
favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See Auspice.]
1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving
promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting
good; as, an auspicious beginning.
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Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.
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2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious
chief." --Dryden.
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3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or
things. "Thy auspicious mistress." --Shak. "Auspicious
gales." --Pope.
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Syn: See Propitious.
[1913 Webster] -- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. --
Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
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