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augurar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • augur noun A person in ancient Rome who interpreted omens and signs, especially from the behaviour of birds, to predict the future.
  • bode verb To be a sign that something (usually bad) will happen; to portend.
  • foreshadow verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.

Senses

augurar is used for these senses in English:

  • augur To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
  • bode (ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
  • foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
  • scry To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.

augur — full definition

  1. noun A person in ancient Rome who interpreted omens and signs, especially from the behaviour of birds, to predict the future.
  2. verb To be a sign of something to come; to predict or foreshadow.

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