augurate
augurate noun: the position or office of an augur.
Noun
augurate (plural augurates)
- The position or office of an augur.
- ...we cannot wonder that the emperor allowed him to enjoy no higher distinction than the formal dignity of the Augurate, in which he carefully makred the degrees of his esteem...1865, Charles Merivale, History of the Romans Under the Empire
Verb
augurate (third-person singular simple present augurates, present participle augurating, simple past and past participle augurated)
- To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
- There are habits of misapprehension and prejudice common to every class of men; fretfulness, industrious to seek, or even feign, and brood upon matter that may nourish it; […] melancholy, augurating always for the worst; besides many more, some of which every man may find lurking in his own breast...1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued
Forms of augurate
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | augurates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | augurates |
| present participle | augurating |
| past participle | augurated |
| past | augurated |
Origin of augurate
From Latin augurātus (“augurate”). By surface analysis, augur + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
From Latin augurātus, perfect passive participle of augurō (“to predict, foretell”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, augur + -ate.
Questions about augurate
- What does augurate mean?
- Augurate means the position or office of an augur.
- What part of speech is augurate?
- Augurate can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of augurate?
- The plural of augurate is augurates.
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