Augur

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.

II. Augur ·vi To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.

III. Augur ·vi To conjecture from signs or omens; to Prognosticate; to Foreshow.

IV. Augur ·vt To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to Betoken; to Presage; to Infer.

V. Augur ·noun 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.

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