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Synonyms for augur

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : aw-ger
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ gər

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Définition of augur

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Latin augur, a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by interpreting omens, perhaps originally meaning "an increase in crops enacted in ritual," in which case it probably is from Old Latin *augos (genitive *augeris) "increase," and is related to augere "increase" (see augment). The more popular theory is that it is from Latin avis "bird," because the flights, singing, and feeding of birds, along with entrails from bird sacrifices, were important objects of divination (cf. auspicious). In that case, the second element would be from garrire "to talk."
  • noun predictor
  • verb predict; be an omen of
Example sentences :
  • I say this, because for the present project I can augur no success.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Tell me frankly what could you augur for a cause of which this youth was to be the champion?'
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • Chipping it with an adze, and boring it with an augur, to ascertain its quality.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • I augur little success from the plan which you have been induced to follow.
  • Extract from : « The Peasant and the Prince » by Harriet Martineau
  • In so far their suggestion would not augur well for the execution.
  • Extract from : « Face to Face with Kaiserism » by James W. Gerard
  • One of the judices rejected by Verres on his trial, a pontifex and augur.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • The ceremony required the presence of an augur and a pontifex to hold it.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Let me augur that a disorder so tractable may be soon removed.
  • Extract from : « Imaginary Conversations and Poems » by Walter Savage Landor
  • They cannot divine its meaning, but neither do they augur well of it.
  • Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid
  • "When we do slay a victim, we will come to you as our augur, my Carlo," said Agostino.
  • Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
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