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augurating

augurating is the present participle and gerund of augurate.

Meaning of augurate

Verb

augurate (third-person singular simple present augurates, present participle augurating, simple past and past participle augurated)

  1. 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

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Questions about augurating

What is augurating the present participle and gerund of?
Augurating is the present participle and gerund of augurate.

Words near augurating in the dictionary

  1. augur
  2. augural
  3. augurate
  4. augurated
  5. augurates
  6. augurating
  7. auguration
  8. augure
  9. augured
  10. augurer
  11. augurers

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