augur

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1. augur - Noun

2. augur - Verb

Meaning

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.

One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.

To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.

To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.

To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.

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Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March. Suetonius

I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn't augur well for my longevity. David Foster Wallace

The intention was not in pursuit of corrupt ends or to use state resources to unduly benefit me and my family. Hence, I have agreed to pay for the identified items once a determination is made. There are lessons to be learned for all of us in government which augur well for governance in the future. Jacob Zuma

In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing that their condition of life is not what it ought to be that vast improvements may be accomplished. Leland Stanford

These signs bode bad news Source: Internet

Abidal's defense of sacked manager Quique Setien (pictured) did not augur very well with the club's seniors. Source: Internet

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