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AUGUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy

Synonyms:

augur; auspex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("augur" is a kind of...):

oracle; prophesier; prophet; seer; vaticinator (an authoritative person who divines the future)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

capital of Italy; Eternal City; Italian capital; Roma; Rome (capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)

Derivation:

augur (indicate, as with a sign or an omen)

augur (predict from an omen)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Example:

These signs bode bad news

Synonyms:

augur; auspicate; betoken; bode; forecast; foreshadow; foretell; omen; portend; predict; prefigure; presage; prognosticate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "augur" is one way to...):

bespeak; betoken; indicate; point; signal (be a signal for or a symptom of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "augur"):

threaten (to be a menacing indication of something)

foreshow (foretell by divine inspiration)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

augur ((ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Predict from an omen

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "augur" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

augur ((ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy)

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