Dictionary Entry
augur
augur is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
- 3intransitive verb
To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
- 4intransitive verb
To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
- 5transitive verb
To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
- 6noun
(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
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- 7verb
indicate by signs
"These signs bode bad news"
- 8verb
predict from an omen
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