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单词 auguring
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auguringn.

Brit. /ˈɔːɡərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔɡərɪŋ/, /ˈɑɡərɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augur v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < augur v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier augury n.
Now somewhat rare.
Augury, divination; an instance of this; = augurism n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [noun]
whatec1000
conjecturec1384
conjecturingc1384
augurya1413
augurationc1450
augurism1584
halsening1587
auguring1614
augurizing1652
conjectation1652
teratoscopy1665
prognostication1688
1614 A. Gorges in tr. Lucan Pharsalia i. 38 (margin) Tages the first inuenter of Auguring.
1651 J. F. tr. H. C. Agrippa Three Bks. Occult Philos. i. lv. 120 Most wonderful is that kind of Auguring [L. augurandi genus] of theirs, who hear, & understand the speeches of Animals.
1756 ‘An Englishman’ Let. to King of ***** 6 Whence the Lamentations over..this poor Country, and piteous Auguring of its approaching Ruin?
1832 Age 29 Jan. 39/2 The news was soon disseminated, and led to very sinister augurings of the impossibility of preserving tranquility much longer.
1895 Cambrian Oct. 292/1 He [sc. Strabo]..mentions ‘hoary priestesses’ in white linen, who slew captives and took the omens. Tacitus.., too, mentions the auguring.
1986 S. R. Donaldson Mirror of her Dreams (1987) Prol. 3 Some of the Masters insisted this task belonged to him because all their auguring seemed to imply that he was the only possible choice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

auguringadj.

Brit. /ˈɔːɡərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɔɡərɪŋ/, /ˈɑɡərɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: augur n.1, -ing suffix2, augur v.
Etymology: Originally < augur n.1 + -ing suffix2. In later use also partly < augur v. + -ing suffix2.
That indicates or predicts the future; engaging in or relating to augury; divining, presaging, prophetic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > [adjective] > engaged in augury
auguring1590
augurizing1652
1590 J. Hammon tr. B. Aneau Αλεκτορ i. v. 37 As the song of this auguring Bird [Fr. l'oyseau Augural] hath presaged me.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. i. 10 My powers are Cressent, and my Auguring hope Sayes it will come to' th' full.
1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 320/1 in Piazza Universale That is, know it, which usually are said to have an auguring, or presaging spirit.
1780 E. B. Greene tr. Apollonius Rhodius Argonautic Exped. I. ii. 164 Each myst'ry yet my auguring soul can tell.
1832 J. Hewson Christ Rejected vi. 137 The man, who our forecasting or auguring sages say, shall rise up about the eighteenth degree of the longitude of descending time.
1893 Art Critic 1 9/2 They will no longer allow systems of philosophy..to be developed from a certain fundamental idea, supposed ‘infallible’ by one auguring mind.
1955 V. Watkins in Poetry 87 79 I was a lamp In Solomon's temple; I, the reed Of an auguring wind.
1984 J. Humphreys Dreams of Sleep xvi. 198 The slightest sign would have been enough, considering her auguring instincts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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