Augur

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of a group of ancient Roman religious officials who foretold events by observing and interpreting signs and omens.
  • n. A seer or prophet; a soothsayer.
  • v. To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. See Synonyms at foretell.
  • v. To serve as an omen of; betoken: trends that augur change in society.
  • verb-intransitive. To make predictions from signs or omens.
  • verb-intransitive. To be a sign or omen: A smooth dress rehearsal augured well for the play.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
  • n. An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
  • v. To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
  • verb-intransitive. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
  • verb-intransitive. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.
  • v. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Among the ancient Romans, a functionary whose duty it was to observe and to interpret, according to traditional rules, the auspices, or reputed natural signs concerning future events.
  • n. Hence One who pretends to foretell future events by omens; a soothsayer; a prophet; one who bodes, forebodes, or portends.
  • To prognosticate from signs, omens, or indications; predict; anticipate: with a personal subject.
  • To betoken; forebode: with a non-personal or impersonal subject.
  • Synonyms To portend, presage, foreshadow, be ominous of.
  • To conjecture from signs or omens.
  • To be a sign; bode: with well or ill.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. predict from an omen
  • n. (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
  • v. indicate by signs
  • Verb Form
    augured    auguring    augurs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    call    foretell    anticipate    predict    prognosticate    forebode    promise    prophet    prophesier    seer   
    Form
    augured    auguring    augury   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    soothsayer    diviner    prophet    prognosticate    foreshow    betoken    presage    prophesy    predict    forebode   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    auger    blogger    mauger