Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To conjecture or foretell by augury; predict; act as an augur.
- noun The office of augur; augurship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb obsolete To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
- noun The office of an augur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The position or office of an
augur .
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Examples
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May there be added to this, I pray, may there be added, this quarrel about the augurate!
The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order Marcus Tullius Cicero
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But the history of the augurate is much more difficult to follow than that of the pontificate.
The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus W. Warde Fowler 1884
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In a sign of appreciation Europe's No 1 cruise operator Costa decided to in-augurate their latest liner in Dubai, the first in an Arab port.
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-- (87) {P} ostal {d} elegates wi {l} l i {n} augurate {m} ethods
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I undertake this voyage with the order and good liking of his Majesty, and by leave given me from the House and enterd in the Journal; and having received moreover your approbation, I go therefore with more ease and satisfaction of mind, and augurate to myselfe the happier successe in all my proceedings ....”
Andrew Marvell Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933 1905
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