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Feb. 21, 2015

augur \AW-ger\ verb 1. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict. 2. to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area. Quotes From all this he augured the death of a man of importance, that very night, in Machaerus. -- Gustave Flaubert, "Herodias," Three Tales, translated by Arthur McDowall, 1924 Origin Augur comes from the Latin verb augēre meaning "to augment" with the original implication of "prosper." It entered English in the mid-1500s.

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