augur well
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augur well — ● augur … Useful english dictionary
augur well — have good prospects; bode well; be hopeful, be promising … English contemporary dictionary
augur well/badly/ill — portend a good or bad outcome. → augur … English new terms dictionary
augur well — Synonyms and related words: afford hope, assure, bid fair, cheer, give hope, have good prospects, hold out hope, hold out promise, inspire, inspire hope, inspirit, justify hope, make fair promise, promise, raise expectations, raise hope, reassure … Moby Thesaurus
augur — [ô′gər] n. [L, orig., a priest at rituals of fertility and increase, prob. < OL * augos (gen. * augeris), increase, growth < augere (see WAX2); meaning infl. by auspex, AUSPEX] 1. in ancient Rome, any of a body of officials who interpreted… … English World dictionary
Augur — Au gur, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Augured}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Auguring}.] 1. To conjecture from signs or omens; to prognosticate; to foreshow. [1913 Webster] My auguring mind assures the same success. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To anticipate, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
augur — 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 … Modern English usage
augur — 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
augur — [ 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… … English new terms dictionary
augur — 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 … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
