auspicate

verbs

indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
is derived from
auspice
commence in a manner calculated to bring good luck
"They auspicated the trip with a bottle of champagne"
auspicate
is derived from
auspice
is a type of (narrower)
take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
"We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out