Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to augur
Participle: augurred
Gerund: augurring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | augur |
| you | augur |
| he;she;it | augurs |
| we | augur |
| you | augur |
| they | augur |
Perfect
| I | have augurred |
| you | have augurred |
| he;she;it | has augurred |
| we | have augurred |
| you | have augurred |
| they | have augurred |
Past
| I | augurred |
| you | augurred |
| he;she;it | augurred |
| we | augurred |
| you | augurred |
| they | augurred |
Pluperfect
| I | had augurred |
| you | had augurred |
| he;she;it | had augurred |
| we | had augurred |
| you | had augurred |
| they | had augurred |
Future
| I | will augur |
| you | will augur |
| he;she;it | will augur |
| we | will augur |
| you | will augur |
| they | will augur |
Future Perfect
| I | will have augurred |
| you | will have augurred |
| he;she;it | will have augurred |
| we | will have augurred |
| you | will have augurred |
| they | will have augurred |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | augur |
| you | augur |
| he;she;it | augur |
| we | augur |
| you | augur |
| they | augur |
Perfect
| I | have augurred |
| you | have augurred |
| he;she;it | have augurred |
| we | have augurred |
| you | have augurred |
| they | have augurred |
Imperfect
| I | augurred |
| you | augurred |
| he;she;it | augurred |
| we | augurred |
| you | augurred |
| they | augurred |
Pluperfect
| I | had augurred |
| you | had augurred |
| he;she;it | had augurred |
| we | had augurred |
| you | had augurred |
| they | had augurred |
Conditional
Present
| I | would augur |
| you | would augur |
| he;she;it | would augur |
| we | would augur |
| you | would augur |
| they | would augur |
Perfect
| I | would have augurred |
| you | would have augurred |
| he;she;it | would have augurred |
| we | would have augurred |
| you | would have augurred |
| they | would have augurred |
Imperative
| you | augur |
| we | Let's augur |
| you | augur |
Verbs conjugated like 'augur'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'augur'
auger,
ague,
anger,
argue,
aught,
augle,
august,
fugue,
inaugur,
sugar,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to know something in advance
- anticipate, call, divine, foresee, foreshadow, foretell, predict, presage, prophesy
- predict
- foresee, forecast, prognosticate, anticipate, forebode
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374 (implied in augury), from L. augur, a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by interpreting omens, perhaps originally meaning "an increase in crops enacted in ritual," in which case it probably is from Old L. *augos (gen. *augeris) "increase," and is related to augere "increase" (see augment). The more popular theory is that it is from L. avis "bird," since flights, singing, and feeding of birds or entrails from bird sacrifices were an important part of divination (cf. auspicious). The second element would be from garrire "to talk." The verb is 1549, from the noun.
2. Borrowed from Latin augur, of uncertain origin; akin to augurō (“interpret omens”).
Verbs referencing "augur"
Ido augurar.
Sample Sentences
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Every circumstance augured success.
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Recent events do not augur well for world peace.
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The train was well filled, with quite an amount of intermediate business; but station staff and passengers alike seemed ready enough to "look lively", and the result was a general "slickness" in working that augers^([sic]) well for the future. [1959 June 26, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 408:]
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But there, too, the meteorological omens augured ill. [2024 May 9, Ned Temko, “On rare visit, Xi Jinping tries to rescue China’s relationship with Europe”, in The Christian Science Monitor:]
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Whether term limits would augur a return of justices with broader experience in public life is debatable. [2024 September 20, Mark Sherman, “Supreme Court justices have a job for life. But some left the court to make their lasting mark”, in AP News:]
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As Ellmann was quietly assembling materials for his biography, specialization was on the rise in American literature departments, as the critic Erich Auerbach warned, auguring the decline of a general humanities education. [2025 June 16, Eric Bulson, “Yes I Will Read ‘Ulysses’ Yes”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:]