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Antonyms for auspices

Grammar : Noun
Spell : aw-speks
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ spɛks

Definition of auspices

Origin :
  • plural (and now the usual form) of auspice; 1530s, "observation of birds for the purpose of taking omens," from French auspice (14c.), from Latin auspicum "function of an auspex" (q.v.). Meaning "any indication of the future (especially favorable)" is from 1650s; earlier (1630s) in extended sense of "benevolent influence of greater power, influence exerted on behalf of someone or something," originally in expression under the auspices of.
  • noun protection; support
Example sentences :
  • Having got the promise of them from Agesilaus, he proceeded to take the auspices.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • It will be an advantage to him, in a way, to have sung under the auspices of our committee.
  • Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray
  • Do we not serve under Aemilius Paullus and his Illyrian auspices?
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • They starved, or they performed or exhibited 'under the auspices of.'
  • Extract from : « The Master-Knot of Human Fate » by Ellis Meredith
  • The auspices ceased to be taken at marriages from the time of Cicero.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Paris saw most of his moneythe Paris which, under his auspices, Doggie never knew.
  • Extract from : « The Rough Road » by William John Locke
  • All this cruising was conducted under the auspices of Franklin.
  • Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by John Torrey Morse, Jr.
  • Quintus is altogether on the side of the gods and the auspices.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Cicero » by Anthony Trollope
  • This was made under the auspices of Captain Del Rio, who arrived on the ground in 1787.
  • Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen
  • Under the auspices of Mrs. Harbert this was done at Evanston.
  • Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various

Synonyms for auspices

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