Augurate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Augurate is a noun meaning The position or office of an augur.
Meaning
The position or office of an augur.
More Meanings
- To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
Example Sentences
...we cannot wonder that the emperor allowed him to enjoy no higher distinction than the formal dignity of the Augurate, in which he carefully makred the degrees of his esteem.
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.
Word Forms
- augurates
- augurating
- augurated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include augurship, officiate, ordinant, appointer, ordainer, enthroner.
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