augur

augur has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet.
• v. i.. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow.
• v. i.. To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill.
• v. t.. To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer.
• n.. (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
• v.. indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
• v.. predict from an omen