augur (verb)
1augur — ► VERB ▪ be a sign of (a likely outcome). ► NOUN ▪ (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted the significance of natural signs. ORIGIN from Latin, diviner …
2augur — (n.) 1540s, from L. 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 L. *augos (gen. *augeris) increase …
3augur — verb (T) 1 augur well formal to be a sign that something will be successful: His unfriendly manner did not augur well for our interview. 2 literary to be a sign that a particular thing will happen in the future …
4augur — verb Quebec s election on Monday may augur sovereignty sentiment Syn: bode, portend, herald, be a sign of, warn of, forewarn of, foreshadow, be an omen of, presage, indicate, signify, signal, promise, threaten, spell, denote; predict, prophesy …
5augur — auger, augur Auger is an Old English word for a tool for boring holes. Augur, from the Latin word for soothsayer, is used occasionally to mean a prophet, but is more usual as a verb in the expressions augur well and augur ill, meaning ‘to portend …
6augur — [14] In Roman times, an augur was someone who foretold the future by observing the flight of birds (or by examining their entrails). His method of divination was reflected in his title, for the Latin word augur, earlier auger, seems to have meant …
7augur — [ ɔ:gə] verb (augur well/badly/ill) portend a good or bad outcome. noun (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted natural signs so as to determine divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action. Derivatives augural ɔ:gjʊr(ə)l… …
8augur — [14] In Roman times, an augur was someone who foretold the future by observing the flight of birds (or by examining their entrails). His method of divination was reflected in his title, for the Latin word augur, earlier auger, seems to have meant …
9augur — UK [ˈɔːɡə(r)] / US [ˈɔɡər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms augur : present tense I/you/we/they augur he/she/it augurs present participle auguring past tense augured past participle augured formal to be a sign of what may happen in the… …
10augur — au|gur [ ɔgər ] verb intransitive or transitive FORMAL to be a sign of what may happen in the future: The look on her face did not augur well …