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Verb
/ˈôgər/,
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augured, past participle; augured, past tense; augurs, 3rd person singular present; auguring, present participle;
  1. (of an event or circumstance) Portend a good or bad outcome
    • - the end of the Cold War seemed to augur well
    • - the return to the gold standard augured badly for industry
  2. Portend or bode (a specified outcome)
    • - a new coalition would not augur a new period of social reforms
  3. Foresee or predict

Noun
  1. (in ancient Rome) A religious official who observed natural signs, esp. the behavior of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action

  1. (augur) (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
  2. (augur) bode: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
  3. (augur) predict from an omen
  4. The augur was a priest and official in the classical world, especially ancient Rome and Etruria. His main role was to interpret the will of the gods by studying the flight of birds: whether they are flying in groups/alone, what noises they make as they fly, direction of flight and what kind of ...
  5. (augur) A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences; An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events; To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events
  6. (Augur) A diviner TT  who reads omens TT  from the flights of birds in the sky.
  7. (Augur) Roman priest who practiced divination
  8. (Augur) To see augurs in your dreams, is a forecast of labor and toil.
  9. (Augur) means "to predict, forecast": Leroy's inheritance augured happiness for him in the near future.
  10. (C. augur) Hwass in Bruguière, 1792.
  11. (augur) (n/v) - prophet; to predict, to prophesy
  12. (augur) A diviner or soothsayer.
  13. (augur) the official diviners of Rome, organized in their own priestly college to which they were elected for life. The augurs interpreted signs from the gods to determine if an upcoming event, such as a military campaign, would meet divine approval. ...
  14. [from Latin avis bird] One of the priestly colleges in ancient Rome. The original function was to take the auspices: to examine the heavens and other things for signs indicating the disposition of the celestial powers, especially at the inauguration of events. ...