augur

n. [ 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. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) 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 ]

2. 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. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Augured p. pr. & vb. n. Auguring. ] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [ 1913 Webster ]

My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auguralis. ] Of or pertaining to augurs or to augury; betokening; ominous; significant; as, an augural staff; augural books. “Portents augural.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. auguratus, p. p. of augurari to augur. ] To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict. [ Obs. ] C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an augur. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auguratio. ] The practice of augury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An augur. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. augurialis. ] Relating to augurs or to augury. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]