n. | 1. | (Rom. Antiq.) An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences. |
| 2. | One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. |
v. i. | 1. | To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. |
| 2. | To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue; as, to augur well or ill. |
v. t. | 1. | To predict or foretell, as from signs or omens; to betoken; to presage; to infer. |