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1. Indicate by signs
   "These signs augur bad news"
   - bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
    
2. Predict from an omen

1. (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
   - auspex

Sounds like: auger

Derived forms: augurs, auguring, augured

Type of: anticipate, bespeak, betoken [archaic], call, forebode, foretell, indicate, oracle, point, predict, prognosticate, promise, prophesier, prophet, seer, signal, vaticinator

Encyclopedia: Augur Augur, Christopher Columbus