augur
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- n (ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy
- v indicate by signs
- v predict from an omen
- Nightline's Ted Koppel--as close to an official augur as American culture has--captured the prevailing spirit when he acknowledged last week, a tad reluctantly, that Farrakhan "may .
- Today's bombing took place on the eve of Muharram, the Islamic month of mourning, and it could augur a new series of such attacks.
- Not everybody in the math community believes in the Putnam as an augur of future greatness.