to augur well
1augur well — ● augur …
2augur well — index promise (raise expectations) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3augur well/badly/ill — portend a good or bad outcome. → augur …
4augur well — have good prospects; bode well; be hopeful, be promising …
5augur well — Synonyms and related words: afford hope, assure, bid fair, cheer, give hope, have good prospects, hold out hope, hold out promise, inspire, inspire hope, inspirit, justify hope, make fair promise, promise, raise expectations, raise hope, reassure …
6augur — [ô′gər] n. [L, orig., a priest at rituals of fertility and increase, prob. < OL * augos (gen. * augeris), increase, growth < augere (see WAX2); meaning infl. by auspex, AUSPEX] 1. in ancient Rome, any of a body of officials who interpreted… …
7Augur — 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… …
8augur — 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 …
9augur — au|gur [ˈo:gə US ˈo:gər] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: augur person who tells the future (14 21 centuries), from Latin] augur well/badly/ill formal to be a sign that something will be successful or unsuccessful = ↑bode ▪ Today s announcement of 300 …
10augur — [ 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… …
