AUGUR
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Au"gur (&unr_;), 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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Au"gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Augured (&unr_;); 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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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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