Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found
Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
Dryden.
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.
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.
Au"gu*ral (&?;), a. [L. auguralis.] Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. "Portents augural." Cowper.
Au"gu*rate (&?;), v. t. & i. [L. auguratus, p. p. of augurari to augur.] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [Obs.] C. Middleton.
Au"gu*rate (&?;), n. The office of an augur. Merivale.
Au`gu*ra"tion (&?;), n. [L. auguratio.] The practice of augury.
Au"gur*er (&?;), n. An augur. [Obs.] Shak.
Au*gu"ri*al (&?;), a. [L. augurialis.] Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne.