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Augur
Augur Au"gur, 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.
2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a
diviner; a prophet.
Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a
priestly curse or boding sound. --Dryden.
AugurAugur Au"gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Augured; p. pr. & vb. n.
Auguring.]
1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to
foreshow.
My auguring mind assures the same success. --Dryden.
2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or
an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. Augur
Augur Au"gur, v. t.
To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken;
to presage; to infer.
It seems to augur genius. --Sir W.
Scott.
I augur everything from the approbation the proposal
has met with. --J. F. W.
Herschel.
Syn: To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage;
prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.
Meaning of AUGUR from wikipedia
- An
augur was a
priest and
official in the
classical Roman world. His main role was the
practice of augury, the
interpretation of the will of the gods...
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Augur or
augur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
augur is a
public official in
ancient Rome.
Augur may also
refer to:
Christopher C.
Augur (1821–1898)...
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Augur is a
decentralized prediction market platform built on the
Ethereum blockchain.
Augur is
developed by
Forecast Foundation,
which was
founded in...
- The
augur buzzard (Buteo
augur) is a
fairly large African bird of prey. This
species is
distinct in
typical adult plumage for its
blackish back, whitish...
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behavior of birds, to
receive omens. When the individual,
known as the
augur, read
these signs, it was
referred to as "taking the au****es". "Au****es"...
- The
Eugene Augur was a
local countercultural underground newspaper published in Eugene, Oregon,
United States, from 1969 to 1974.
Starting with its first...
- Archer's
buzzard (Buteo
augur archeri) is a
subspecies of the
augur buzzard that is
endemic to Somalia. The bird's
common name and
Latin binomial commemorate...
- Han****ius
augur is a
species of
tephritid or
fruit flies in the
genus Han****ius of the
family Tephritidae.
Trypeta augur Frauenfeld, 1857 200 definitions...
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Things to Come and The
Light of All That Falls. In a
world formerly ruled by
Augurs who
could see the ****ure, the use of
Essence to
complete magical tasks is...
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Christopher Columbus Augur (July 10, 1821 –
January 16, 1898) was an
American military officer, most
noted for his role in the
American Civil War. Although...
