Definition of augur

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Augur (n.) 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..

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Augurate :: Augurate (n.) The office of an augur.
Exauguration :: Exauguration (n.) The act of exaugurating; desecration.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To begin with good omens.
Sooth :: Sooth (a.) Augury; prognostication.
Augurer :: Augurer (n.) An augur.
Trabea :: Trabea (n.) A toga of purple, or ornamented with purple horizontal stripes. -- worn by kings, consuls, and augurs..
Augurate :: Augurate (v. t. & i.) To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
Auspicate :: Auspicate (v. t.) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business..
Inaugurating :: Inaugurating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inaugurat.
Augural :: Augural (a.) Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books..
Augurship :: Augurship (n.) The office, or period of office, of an augur..
Auspice :: Auspice (a.) A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future..
Augur :: Augur (v. i.) To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (a.) Invested with office; inaugurated.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To cause to begin, esp. with formality or solemn ceremony; hence, to set in motion, action, or progress; to initiate; -- used especially of something of dignity or worth or public concern; as, to inaugurate a new era of things, new methods, etc..
Inaugural :: Inaugural (a.) Pertaining to, or performed or pronounced at, an inauguration; as, an inaugural address; the inaugural exercises..
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To introduce or induct into an office with suitable ceremonies or solemnities; to invest with power or authority in a formal manner; to install; as, to inaugurate a president; to inaugurate a king..
Auguring :: Auguring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Augu.
Inaugurate :: Inaugurate (v. t.) To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of; to dedicate, as a statue..
Inauguratory :: Inauguratory (a.) Suitable for, or pertaining to, inauguration..
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