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Augur
Augur Au"gur, n. [L. Of uncertain origin: the first part of
the word is perh. fr. L. avis bird, and the last syllable,
gur, equiv. to the Skr. gar to call, akin to L. garrulus
garrulous.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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.
2. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a
diviner; a prophet.
Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a
priestly curse or boding sound. --Dryden.
AugurAugur Au"gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Augured; p. pr. & vb. n.
Auguring.]
1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to
foreshow.
My auguring mind assures the same success. --Dryden.
2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or
an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. Augur
Augur Au"gur, v. t.
To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken;
to presage; to infer.
It seems to augur genius. --Sir W.
Scott.
I augur everything from the approbation the proposal
has met with. --J. F. W.
Herschel.
Syn: To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage;
prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.
Meaning of Augurs from wikipedia
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college of
augurs on
behalf of
senior magistrates. The
practice itself likely comes from the
neighboring region of Etruria,
where augurs were highly...
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Augur or
augur in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
augur is a
public official in
ancient Rome.
Augur may also
refer to:
Christopher C.
Augur (1821–1898)...
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revealing the will of the gods were
called augurs.
Similar to
records of
court precedents,
augurs kept
books containing records of past signs, the...
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Royalists led by King
Kevran Andras were victorious. All
known Augurs were
killed and new
Augurs were
quickly executed, and only two
Gifted schools (Tol Athien...
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depicting two
augurs, are
actually the
deceased and
referee watching the
flying birds and the match.
Hence the name, Tomb of the
Augurs.: 38 On the closest...
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could become augurs. The
solicitation of
formal au****es
required the
marking out of
ritual space (auguraculum) from
within which the
augurs observed the...
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Augur is a
decentralized prediction market platform built on the
Ethereum blockchain.
Augur is
developed by
Forecast Foundation,
which was
founded in...
- The
augur buzzard (Buteo
augur) is a
fairly large African bird of prey. This
species is
distinct in
typical adult plumage for its
blackish back, whitish...
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Operation Augurs of
Prosperity (Arabic:
Bashaer al-Kheir) was an
Iraqi operation against insurgents in Diyala, north-east of Baghdad. The
operation was...
- The
Masque of
Augurs was a
Jacobean era masque,
written by Ben
Jonson and
designed by
Inigo Jones. It was performed, most likely, on
Twelfth Night, 6 January...
