augurate

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noun

The position or office of an augur.

OriginLatin augurātus →
Scrabble 9
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Meanings

augurate1

nounaugurate (plural augurates)

plural augurates

  1. 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

augurate2

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

present singular third person augurates · participle present augurating · participle past augurated · past augurated

  1. To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
    1 more example

    1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued 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, if he will but look narrowly into it.

Origin

augurate · noun

  1. Latinaugurātus“augurate”
  2. Englishaugurate

From Latin augurātus (“augurate”). By surface analysis, augur + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

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augurate · verb

  1. Latinaugurātus
  2. Englishaugurate

From Latin augurātus, perfect passive participle of augurō (“to predict, foretell”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, augur + -ate.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “augurate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/augurate.

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