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Definitions for Augur

[1] one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
[2] soothsayer; prophet.
[3] to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate.
[4] to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales augur a profitable year.
[5] to conjecture from signs or omens; predict.
[6] to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.
[7] to argue, talk, or converse.
[8] an excessively talkative person.
[9] Also called: auspex (in ancient Rome) a religious official who observed and interpreted omens and signs to help guide the making of public decisions
[10] any prophet or soothsayer
[11] to predict (some future event), as from signs or omens
[12] (tr; may take a clause as object) to be an omen (of); presage
[13] (intr) to foreshadow future events to be as specified; bode this augurs well for us

Words related to Augur

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Origin of Augur

21920–25; metathetic variant of argue; noun perhaps by association with auger

Words that may be confused with Augur

auger, augur

Word origin for Augur

C14: from Latin: a diviner, perhaps from augēre to increase

Synonyms for Augur

diviner, forecaster, harbinger, herald, oracle, prognosticator, prophet, seer, soothsayer