to augur well
21Christopher C. Augur — Christopher Columbus Augur Christopher C. Augur Born July 10, 1821 …
22auger, augur — The results do not auger well for the President in the forthcoming midterm election [Guardian). Wrong. Auger is not a verb; it is a drilling tool. To foretell or betoken, the sense intended in the example, is to augur, with a u. The two words …
23auger, augur — The results do not auger well for the President in the forthcoming midterm election [Guardian). Wrong. Auger is not a verb; it is a drilling tool. To foretell or betoken, the sense intended in the example, is to augur, with a u. The two words …
24bode well (for somebody) — bode ˈwell/ˈill (for sb/sth) idiom (formal) to be a good/bad sign for sb/sth Syn: ↑augur • These figures do not bode well for the company s future. • …
25bode well (for something) — bode ˈwell/ˈill (for sb/sth) idiom (formal) to be a good/bad sign for sb/sth Syn: ↑augur • These figures do not bode well for the company s future. • …
26Augured — Augur Au gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate, to… …
27Auguring — Augur Au gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate, to… …
28auger — 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 …
29literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
30promise — Synonyms and related words: accede, accord, actuarial prediction, adumbration, afford hope, agree, agree to, agreement, apocalypse, arrangement, aspiration, assent, assumption, assurance, assure, assured faith, augur, augur well, augury, auspice …
