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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 Augurs from wikipedia
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college of
augurs on
behalf of
senior magistrates. The
practice itself likely comes from the
neighboring region of Etruria,
where augurs were highly...
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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...
- signs,
revealing the will of the gods were
called augurs.
Similar to
records of
court precedents,
augurs kept
books containing records of past signs, the...
- 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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Royalists led by King
Kevran Andras were victorious. All
known Augurs were
killed and new
Augurs were
quickly executed, and only two
Gifted schools (Tol Athien...
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depicting two
augurs, are
actually the
deceased and
referee watching the
flying birds and the match.
Hence the name, Tomb of the
Augurs.: 38 On the closest...
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Helen E.
Augur (died 1969) was an
American journalist and
historical writer.
Augur was born in
Albert Lea, Minnesota, and
graduated from
Barnard College...
- 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...
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Melanella augur is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Eulimidae. The
species is one of many
species known to
exist within...
