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augure [ogyʀ]masculine noun( = présage) omen* * *ogyʀnom masculin1) ( devin) ( dans l'Antiquité) augur; fig, hum soothsayer, oracle2) ( signe) omen; ( dans l'Antiquité) auguryêtre de bon/mauvais augure pour quelque chose/quelqu'un — to be a good/bad omen for something/somebody
* * *oɡyʀ nmsoothsayer, oracleêtre de bon augure — to augur well, to bode well
être de bon augure pour la suite — to augur well for the future, to bode well for the future
* * *augure nm1 ( devin) Antiq augur; fig, hum soothsayer, oracle; consulter les augures Antiq to consult the augurs; fig to consult the oracle;2 ( signe) omen; Antiq augury; être de bon/mauvais augure pour qch/qn to be a good/bad omen for sth/sb.[ogyr] nom masculin2. [présage] omende bon augure locution adjectivalec'est de bon augure it's auspicious, it augurs well, it bodes wellde mauvais augure locution adjectivalec'est de mauvais augure it's ominous, it doesn't augur well, it bodes ill
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Augury — Au gu*ry, n.; pl. {Auguries}. [L. aucurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. [1913 Webster] 2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Augury — Allgemeine Informationen … Deutsch Wikipedia
augury — [n1] omen auspice, boding, forerunner, foretoken, forewarning, harbinger, herald, portent, precursor, presage, prognostication, promise, prophecy, sign, token, warning; concept 284 augury [n2] prediction divination, prediction, prophecy,… … New thesaurus
augury — index caution (warning), caveat, harbinger, indicant, indication, indicator, precursor, premonition … Law dictionary
augury — late 14c., divination from the flight of birds, from O.Fr. augure divination, soothsaying, sorcery, enchantment, or directly from L. augurium divination, the observation and interpretation of omens (see AUGUR (Cf. augur)). Figurative sense of… … Etymology dictionary
augury — omen, portent, presage, prognostic, *foretoken Analogous words: *sign, symptom, token, note, badge, mark: precursor, *forerunner, harbinger, herald Contrasted words: fulfillment, accomplishment, effecting or effect (see corresponding verbs at… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
augury — ► NOUN (pl. auguries) 1) an omen. 2) the interpretation of omens … English terms dictionary
augury — [ô′gyo͞o rē, ô′gyərē] n. [ME augurie < L augurium, divination < augur, AUGUR] 1. divination from omens 2. pl. auguries an omen; portent; indication … English World dictionary
augury — augural, adj. /aw gyeuh ree/, n., pl. auguries. 1. the art or practice of an augur; divination. 2. the rite or ceremony of an augur. 3. an omen, token, or indication. [1325 75; ME < L augurium soothsaying, equiv. to augur AUGUR + ium IUM] * * * ▪ … Universalium
augury — UK [ˈɔːɡjʊrɪ] / US [ˈɔɡjərɪ] noun Word forms augury : singular augury plural auguries literary 1) [countable] a sign of what may happen in the future 2) [uncountable] the skill or practice of telling what may happen in the future … English dictionary
augury — [[t]ɔ͟ːgjʊri[/t]] auguries N COUNT An augury is a sign of what will happen in the future. [LITERARY] The auguries of death are fast gathering round his head. Syn: omen … English dictionary