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au⋅gur

1  [aw-ger]
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–noun
1. one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs.
2. soothsayer; prophet.
–verb (used with object)
3. to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate.
4. to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales augur a profitable year.
–verb (used without object)
5. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict.
6. to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.
Origin:
1540–50; < L augur (var. of auger) a diviner, soothsayer, deriv. of augēre to augment with orig. implication of “prosper”; cf. august
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au⋅gur

2  [aw-ger] Western U.S.
–verb (used without object)
1. to argue, talk, or converse.
–noun
2. an excessively talkative person.
Origin:
1920–25; metathetic var. of argue; n. perh. by assoc. with auger
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au·gur   (ô'gər)   
n.  

  1. One of a group of ancient Roman religious officials who foretold events by observing and interpreting signs and omens.

  2. A seer or prophet; a soothsayer.

v.   au·gured, au·gur·ing, au·gurs

v.   tr.

  1. To predict, especially from signs or omens; foretell. See Synonyms at foretell.

  2. To serve as an omen of; betoken: trends that augur change in society.

v.   intr.

  1. To make predictions from signs or omens.

  2. To be a sign or omen: A smooth dress rehearsal augured well for the play.


[Middle English, from Latin; see aug- in Indo-European roots.]
au'gu·ral (ô'gyə-rəl) adj.
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Word Origin & History

augur 
c.1374 (implied in augury), from L. augur, a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by interpreting omens, perhaps originally meaning "an increase in crops enacted in ritual," in which case it probably is from Old L. *augos (gen. *augeris) "increase," and is related to augere "increase" (see augment). The more popular theory is that it is from L. avis "bird," since flights, singing, and feeding of birds or entrails from bird sacrifices were an important part of divination (cf. auspicious). The second element would be from garrire "to talk." The verb is 1549, from the noun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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