noun
Meaning 1
The position or office of an augur.
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augurate
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verb
Meaning 2
To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
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Examples
- 1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued There are habits of misapprehension and prejudice common to every class of men; fretfulness, industrious to seek, or even feign, and brood upon matter that may nourish it; [...] melancholy, augurating always for the worst; besides many more, some of which every man may find lurking in his own breast, if he will but look narrowly into it.
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History
Etymology
From Latin augurātus (“augurate”). By surface analysis, augur + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
From Latin augurātus, perfect passive participle of augurō (“to predict, foretell”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, augur + -ate.