English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Auspicate
(a.)
Auspicious.
Auspice
(a.)
Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
Auspice
(a.)
A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen
as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in
general; an indication as to the future.
Auspices
(pl. )
of Auspice
Auspicial
(a.)
Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious.
Auspicious
(a.)
Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving
promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an
auspicious beginning.
Auspicious
(a.)
Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
Auspicious
(a.)
Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons
or things.
Auster
(n.)
The south wind.
Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid;
rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity;
as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
Austerely
(adv.)
Severely; rigidly; sternly.
Austereness
(n.)
Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste;
acerbity.
Austereness
(n.)
Severity; strictness; austerity.
Austerities
(pl. )
of Austerity
Austerity
(n.)
Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Austerity
(n.)
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or
strictness; harsh discipline.
Austerity
(n.)
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Austin
(a.)
Augustinian; as, Austin friars.