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Augur \Au"gur\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Auguring}.]
1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to
foreshow.
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My auguring mind assures the same success. --Dryden.
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2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or
an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
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Augur \Au"gur\, v. t.
To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken;
to presage; to infer.
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It seems to augur genius. --Sir W.
Scott.
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I augur everything from the approbation the proposal
has met with. --J. F. W.
Herschel.
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Syn: To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage;
prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.
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Augur \Au"gur\, n. [L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of
the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last syllable,
gur, equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus
garrulous.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by
the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or
by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena,
certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
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2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a
diviner; a prophet.
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Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found
Without a priestly curse or boding sound. --Dryden.
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