0 past simple and past participle of augur --
1 to be a sign of especially good or bad things in the future: --
Do you think that this recent ministerial announcement augurs (= is a sign of) a shift in government policy?
The company's sales figures for the first six months augur well for the rest of the year.
Kahn's wireless sharing software and camera integrated into his cell phone augured the birth of instant visual communications.
Hero looked out, and trembling augured ill.
This man was famous in his youth among the huntsmen of his father for his conquest of a monstrous beast: a marvellous incident, which augured his future prowess.
He trusted that this was only the beginning of a more extended movement, and from its auspicious commencement he augured the happiest results.
This was in the junior grade and with many young hurlers in the team it augured well for the future of the club.
It is also believed that he occasionally communicates vague visions of the future which can be augured through the use of special tarot cards.
Once initial piles are set with concrete, other shafts are augured between them, slicing into the original piles, with the new ones receiving rebar.
The 1980s fires augured a significant change in the city's physical character and ethnic makeup.
