What does "augur" mean?
Augur: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.
- 3.To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
- 4.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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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