Augurate
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
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..."
- 1 To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
"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."
Example
More examples"...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..."
Etymology
From Latin augurātus (“augurate”). By surface analysis, augur + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
From Latin augurātus, perfect passive participle of augurō (“to predict, foretell”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, augur + -ate.
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