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au·gur / ˈôgər/ • v. [intr.] (augur well/badly/ill) (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome: the end of the Cold War seemed to augur well. ∎  [tr.] portend or bode (a specified outcome): they feared that these happenings augured a neo-Nazi revival. ∎  [tr.] ( archaic ) foresee or predict.• n. hist. (in ancient Rome) a religious official who observed natural signs, esp. the behavior of birds, interpreting these as an indication of divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action.

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