augurate
English
Etymology 1
From Latin augurātus (“augurate”). By surface analysis, augur + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).
Noun
augurate (plural augurates)
- The position or office of an augur.
- 1865, Charles Merivale, History of the Romans Under the Empire[1]:
- ...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...
Etymology 2
From Latin augurātus, perfect passive participle of augurō (“to predict, foretell”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, augur + -ate.
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.
- 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.
- 1768-1777, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology 1
Verb
augurate
- inflection of augurare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
augurate f pl
- feminine plural of augurato
Latin
Verb
augurāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of augurō
Spanish
Verb
augurate