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   Aus·pice

   /ˈôspəs/

   

   noun

   • 1. a divine or prophetic token. archaic

   Word Origin mid 16th century (originally denoting the observation of bird flight in divination): from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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