Definition of augur Augur
/ɔˈgɚ/ - [oger] - au•gur
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What does augur mean?
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NounPlural: augurs |
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| augur - (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy | ||
| auspex | ||
| prophesier, vaticinator, prophet, oracle, seer an authoritative person who divines the future | ||
| capital of italy, eternal city, italian capital, roma, rome the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church | ||
| antiquity an artifact surviving from the past | ||
Verb |
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| augur - predict from an omen | ||
| forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | ||
| augur - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" | ||
| bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict | ||
| bespeak, betoken, signal, indicate, point be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued" | ||
| threaten to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police" | ||
| foreshow foretell by divine inspiration | ||
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Wiktionary 
- augur (Noun)
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences. - augur (Noun)
An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events. - augur (Verb)
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- augur (n.)
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. - augur (n.)
One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. - augur (v. i.)
To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. - augur (v. i.)
To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. - augur (v. t.)
To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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augur
To make a prediction or prophecy.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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augur
aw′gur, n. among the Romans, one who gained knowledge of secret or future things by observing the flight and the cries of birds: a diviner; a soothsayer.—v.t. to foretell from signs.—v.i. to guess or conjecture: to forebode.—adj. Au′gural.—ns. Au′gurship; Au′gury, the art or practice of auguring: an omen.—The words Au′gurate and Augurā′tion are obsolete. [L.; prob. from avis, bird, and root, gar, in L. garrīre, to chatter, Sans. gir, speech.]
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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augur
One who bored the ancients with prophecies.
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