augur

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden.
3. 3.To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
4. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Synonyms

Related questions

• What does "augur" mean?
• What is another word for "augur"?

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is augur.

• What is 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 called?
• What is to conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden called?
• What is to anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill called?