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to augur
01
to signal or suggest whether something is likely to have a good or bad result
Intransitive: to augur in a specific manner
02
to predict future events based on omens or signs
Transitive: to augur future events
Augur
01
(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
augur
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Example
The ancient tribe used the flight patterns of birds to augur the outcomes of their battles.
Some ancient civilizations believed that lunar eclipses augured significant shifts in political power or societal changes.
He felt that the sudden drop in temperature augured an early winter.
In ancient Rome, priests were believed to augur the outcome of events through observing bird flights.
