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augurate

noun

Etymology

From Latin augurātus, perfect passive participle of augurō (“to predict, foretell”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, augur + -ate.

  1. borrowed from augurātus

Definitions

  1. The position or office of an augur.

    • ...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...

  2. To make or take auguries

    To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.

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