- (v.t.) To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
- (n.) One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
- (v.i.) To anticipate, to foretell or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
- (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.
- (v.i.) To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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