augurern.

Brit.

/ˈɔːɡᵿrə/, U.S.

/ˈɔɡərər/,

/ˈɑɡərər/

Forms:

α. late Middle English– augurer, 1600s agurer.

β. 1500s–1600s auguror.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French augurere.

Etymology: < Middle French augurere (late 12th cent. as augureor in Old French) < post-classical Latin augurator interpreter of the flight of birds (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin augurāt- , past participial stem of augurārī augur v. + -or -or suffix. Compare augur n.¹ Compare later augur v.Compare Old Occitan auguzador (14th cent.). With the β. forms compare -or suffix.

An augur, a diviner, a soothsayer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun] > augur, diviner from omens

augura1393

auguryne?a1425

conjectora1425

augurerc1450

augurizer1588

conjecturer1612

augurya1616

augurist1623

auspicator1652

omen-monger1777

c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1288 (MED) Cyrce..Turnyd hir husbonde..In-to a nuttache, by whoos grete garrulacion, Thies augurers takes ofte prognosticacyon.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 95 Augureris we calle þoo þat tentun to þe garring & fliyng of briddus.

1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 21^v The thunder had defaced the fyrst letter of his name..whiche the Augurers construed to a speedie destruction of the emperour.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. vii. 195 (margin) Note the superstitious ceremonies of augurors.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 37 What say the Augurers ?

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 1 The Agurer tels me, wee shall haue Newes to night.

1624 J. Gee in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1810) III. 78 The ceremonies of augurers.

1714 J. Oldmixon Arcana Gallica 281 One of her Augurers had foretold her that she shou'd be as Powerful as ever she had been, before the end of the Year.

1796 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 173 One of the King's footmen..came forward... No bad omen to worldly Augurers.

1832 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 15 June I am reminded of what Cato said of the augurers of Rome; he wondered how they could meet each other without laughing.

1859 Missionary Mag. Jan. 18/2 When no response is given, or the interpretation is not verified, they lay the blame at the door of the augurer.

1910 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 15 784 The augurers by their arts of divination made sure what sacrifice would be acceptable or adequate.

1967 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 25 Nov. m3/2 Amateur augurers who seek meaning in the trivia of life.

2003 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 30 May 8 The cities were ruled by warlords straight out of Arabian Nights, and augurers who read the future in the entrails of a sheep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	augurer
释义	augurern. Brit. /ˈɔːɡᵿrə/, U.S. /ˈɔɡərər/, /ˈɑɡərər/ Forms: α. late Middle English– augurer, 1600s agurer. β. 1500s–1600s auguror. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French augurere. Etymology: < Middle French augurere (late 12th cent. as augureor in Old French) < post-classical Latin augurator interpreter of the flight of birds (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin augurāt- , past participial stem of augurārī augur v. + -or -or suffix. Compare augur n.¹ Compare later augur v.Compare Old Occitan auguzador (14th cent.). With the β. forms compare -or suffix. An augur, a diviner, a soothsayer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun] > augur, diviner from omens augura1393 auguryne?a1425 conjectora1425 augurerc1450 augurizer1588 conjecturer1612 augurya1616 augurist1623 auspicator1652 omen-monger1777 c1450 tr. G. Boccaccio De Claris Mulieribus (1924) l. 1288 (MED) Cyrce..Turnyd hir husbonde..In-to a nuttache, by whoos grete garrulacion, Thies augurers takes ofte prognosticacyon. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 95 Augureris we calle þoo þat tentun to þe garring & fliyng of briddus. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 21^v The thunder had defaced the fyrst letter of his name..whiche the Augurers construed to a speedie destruction of the emperour. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. vii. 195 (margin) Note the superstitious ceremonies of augurors. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) ii. ii. 37 What say the Augurers ? View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 1 The Agurer tels me, wee shall haue Newes to night. View more context for this quotation 1624 J. Gee in Coll. Scarce & Valuable Tracts (1810) III. 78 The ceremonies of augurers. 1714 J. Oldmixon Arcana Gallica 281 One of her Augurers had foretold her that she shou'd be as Powerful as ever she had been, before the end of the Year. 1796 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1973) III. 173 One of the King's footmen..came forward... No bad omen to worldly Augurers. 1832 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 15 June I am reminded of what Cato said of the augurers of Rome; he wondered how they could meet each other without laughing. 1859 Missionary Mag. Jan. 18/2 When no response is given, or the interpretation is not verified, they lay the blame at the door of the augurer. 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 15 784 The augurers by their arts of divination made sure what sacrifice would be acceptable or adequate. 1967 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 25 Nov. m3/2 Amateur augurers who seek meaning in the trivia of life. 2003 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 30 May 8 The cities were ruled by warlords straight out of Arabian Nights, and augurers who read the future in the entrails of a sheep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1450
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