Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

augurate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-gu-rate
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The position or office of an augur.

verb

To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.

Example Sentences

"...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..."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: augurātus

Inflected Forms

augurates (plural) augurates (present, singular) augurating (participle, present) augurated (participle, past) augurated (past)

Questions

What does augurate mean?: The position or office of an augur.
Where does augurate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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