augur
21augur — auger, augur Auger is an Old English word for a tool for boring holes. Augur, from the Latin word for soothsayer, is used occasionally to mean a prophet, but is more usual as a verb in the expressions augur well and augur ill, meaning ‘to portend …
22Augur Au-11 — Das Luftschiff Au 11, das von der der russischen Firma RosAeroSystems, einer Tochterfirma von Augur Luftfahrtsysteme, vertrieben wird, ist ein einsitziger Prallluftschifftyp. Die ersten Bilder von Flugtests stammen vom Juni 2004.… …
23augur — au|gur [ˈo:gə US ˈo:gər] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: augur person who tells the future (14 21 centuries), from Latin] augur well/badly/ill formal to be a sign that something will be successful or unsuccessful = ↑bode ▪ Today s announcement of 300 …
24augur — UK [ˈɔːɡə(r)] / US [ˈɔɡər] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms augur : present tense I/you/we/they augur he/she/it augurs present participle auguring past tense augured past participle augured formal to be a sign of what may happen in the… …
25augur — augur1 /aw geuhr/, n. 1. one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs. 2. soothsayer; prophet. v.t. 3. to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate. 4. to serve as an …
26Augur — Hellseher; Wahrsager; Prophet; Seher; Weissager * * * Au|gur 〈m.16 od. 23〉 altröm. Priester u. Wahrsager [lat., „Vogelschauer, Zeichendeuter, Wahrsager aus dem Fluge u. Geschrei der Vögel“ <lat. avis „Vogel“ + kelt. gur „Mann“] * * * …
27augur — v. (D; intr.; P) to augur for (this augurs well for the future) * * * [ ɔːgə] (D; intr.;P) to augur for (this augurs well for the future) …
28augur — [14] In Roman times, an augur was someone who foretold the future by observing the flight of birds (or by examining their entrails). His method of divination was reflected in his title, for the Latin word augur, earlier auger, seems to have meant …
29augur — [ ɔ:gə] verb (augur well/badly/ill) portend a good or bad outcome. noun (in ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted natural signs so as to determine divine approval or disapproval of a proposed action. Derivatives augural ɔ:gjʊr(ə)l… …
30augur — verb (T) 1 augur well formal to be a sign that something will be successful: His unfriendly manner did not augur well for our interview. 2 literary to be a sign that a particular thing will happen in the future …
