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verb

Augur v. t. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer. "It seems to augur genius." "I augur everything from the approbation the proposal has met with."

Synonyms: To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage; prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.

Augur v. i. (past & past part. augured; pres. part. auguring)

To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. "My auguring mind assures the same success."

To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.

noun

Augur n.

(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.

One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. "Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound."

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"Augur" Quotes from Famous Books

... these lines:— Dicite sacrorum praesides nemorum Deae, &c. Quis ille primus cujus ex imagine Natura solers finxit humanum genus? Eternus, incorruptus, aequaevus polo, Unusque et universus exemplar Dei.—And afterwards, Non cui profundum Caecitas lumen dedit Dircaeus augur vidit hunc alto ...

— The Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume 5 (of 5) of the Raven Edition • Edgar Allan Poe

... idle disconsolateness of repentance. I must try to be less weak, and less troubled about my prospects. I wrote you yesterday of the proposal I had received from Mr. Maddox. He made no offer of terms. I have heard nothing further from him, and augur ill from his silence. I suppose he will not pay me what I ask, and thinks it useless to offer me less. I shall be very sorry for this; but if I find it so, will apply to Mr. Webster, or some other manager, for employment; and if I fail with them, must make a desperate ...

— Records of Later Life • Frances Anne Kemble

... say that she was to be sent to the House of Correction, or some horrid boarding-school where one don't get enough to eat and where one couldn't poke one's nose outside the door. A set expression settled on the girl's face that did not augur well for her reception of whatever plan the lawyer might ...

— The Governess • Julie M. Lippmann

... occur. A miner in the East of Denbighshire told me of instances of this belief and he gave circumstantial proof of the truth of his assertion. Akin to this faith is the belief that people have seen coffins or spectral beings enter houses, both of which augur a coming death. ...

— Welsh Folk-Lore - a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales • Elias Owen

... celebrations which were organized in honor of this event outrivalled in their magnificence anything of the kind that had taken place in Spain for many years, and there was a free and libertine spirit about all of this merrymaking which did not augur well for the future. The Duke of Lerma, the king's favorite and prime minister, was in full charge of the affair, and he spared no pains in his desire to make a brave show, in spite of the critical financial condition of the country. The young Austrian princess, upon her arrival ...

— Women of the Romance Countries • John R. Effinger

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