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- ancient Roman augurs who predicted the future by reading the flight of birds
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- the extended interview augurs well for your acceptance into that law school
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- the fortune-teller augured nothing but a series of calamities for me
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“Augur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/augur. Accessed 13 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of augur was in the 14th century
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