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augur (verb)

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  • augur — ► VERB ▪ be a sign of (a likely outcome). ► NOUN ▪ (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted the significance of natural signs. ORIGIN from Latin, diviner …   English terms dictionary

  • augur — (n.) 1540s, from L. augur, a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by interpreting omens, perhaps originally meaning an increase in crops enacted in ritual, in which case it probably is from Old L. *augos (gen. *augeris) increase …   Etymology dictionary

  • augur — verb (T) 1 augur well formal to be a sign that something will be successful: His unfriendly manner did not augur well for our interview. 2 literary to be a sign that a particular thing will happen in the future …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • augur — verb Quebec s election on Monday may augur sovereignty sentiment Syn: bode, portend, herald, be a sign of, warn of, forewarn of, foreshadow, be an omen of, presage, indicate, signify, signal, promise, threaten, spell, denote; predict, prophesy …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • augur — auger, augur Auger is an Old English word for a tool for boring holes. Augur, from the Latin word for soothsayer, is used occasionally to mean a prophet, but is more usual as a verb in the expressions augur well and augur ill, meaning ‘to portend …   Modern English usage

  • augur — [14] In Roman times, an augur was someone who foretold the future by observing the flight of birds (or by examining their entrails). His method of divination was reflected in his title, for the Latin word augur, earlier auger, seems to have meant …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • augur — [ ɔ:gə] verb (augur well/badly/ill) portend a good or bad outcome. noun (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted natural signs so as to determine divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action. Derivatives augural ɔ:gjʊr(ə)l… …   English new terms dictionary

  • augur — [14] In Roman times, an augur was someone who foretold the future by observing the flight of birds (or by examining their entrails). His method of divination was reflected in his title, for the Latin word augur, earlier auger, seems to have meant …   Word origins

  • augur — UK [ˈɔːɡə(r)] / US [ˈɔɡər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms augur : present tense I/you/we/they augur he/she/it augurs present participle auguring past tense augured past participle augured formal to be a sign of what may happen in the… …   English dictionary

  • augur — au|gur [ ɔgər ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to be a sign of what may happen in the future: The look on her face did not augur well …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • augur — [[t]ɔ͟ːgə(r)[/t]] augurs, auguring, augured VERB If something augurs well or badly for a person or a future situation, it is a sign that things will go well or badly. [FORMAL] [V adv for n] The renewed violence this week in Azerbaijan hardly… …   English dictionary

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