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Augur

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive), Verb (intransitive)
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au=gur

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Augur has 1 sense

Verb Augur has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

Augurn. [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.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.  [1913 Webster]
    "Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found
    Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
    "  [1913 Webster]
Augurv. i. 
  •  To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.  [1913 Webster]
    "My auguring mind assures the same success."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.  [1913 Webster]
Augurv. t. 
     To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.  [1913 Webster]
    "It seems to augur genius."  [1913 Webster]
    "I augur everything from the approbation the proposal has met with."  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To predict; forebode; betoken; portend; presage; prognosticate; prophesy; forewarn.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Augur, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. a (of an event, circumstance, etc.) suggest a specified outcome (usu. augur well or ill). b portend, bode (all augured well for our success).
2 tr. a foresee, predict. b portend.
--n. a Roman religious official who observed natural signs, esp. the behaviour of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action.

Derivative
augural adj.
Etymology
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THESAURUS

Augur

Cassandra, Druid, adumbrate, argue, astrologer, bespeak, betoken, bid fair to, bode, calamity howler, crystal gazer, divinator, divine, diviner, divineress, forebode, forecast, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshadow, foreshow, foreshower, foreteller, foretoken, fortuneteller, geomancer, haruspex, hint, imply, indicate, intimate, mean, omen, palmist, point to, portend, predict, predictor, prefigure, prefigurer, preindicate, presage, presager, presign, presignal, presignify, pretypify, prognosticate, prognosticator, promise, prophesier, prophesy, prophet, prophet of doom, prophetess, psychic, pythoness, religious prophets, seer, seeress, shadow forth, signify, soothsay, soothsayer, spell, suggest, token, typify, vates, vaticinate, weather prophet

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Rotation

N rotation, revolution, spinning, gyration, turning about an axis, turning aound an axis, circulation, roll, circumrotation, circumvolution, circumgyration, volutation, circination, turbination, pirouette, convolution, verticity, whir, whirl, eddy, vortex, whirlpool, gurge, countercurrent, Maelstrom, Charybdis, Ixion, cyclone, tornado, whirlwind, dust devil, spin-out, axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point, axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel, axle shaft, gymbal, hub, hub of rotation, helix, helical motion, angular momentum, angular velocity, revolutions per minute, RPM, centrifugal force, surge, vertigo, dizzy round, coriolus force, carousel, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, top, dreidel, teetotum, gyroscope, turntable, lazy suzan, screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill, wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear, roller, flywheel, jack, caster, centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge, drill, augur, oil rig, wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre, trochilics, whirling dervish, rotating, rotary, rotary, circumrotatory, trochilic, vertiginous, gyratory, vortical, vorticose, head over heels, round and round, like a horse in a mill.

Prediction

VB predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.

Oracle

N oracle, prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex, aruspice, haruspice, haruspex, astrologer, star gazer, Sibyl, Python, Pythoness, Pythia, Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle, Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves, Zadkiel, Old Moore, sorcerer, interpreter, predictor, prognosticator, forecaster, weather forecaster, weatherman, a prophet is without honor in his own country, you don't need a weatherman to know which way the.

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