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Search phrase: augur

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC II.i.10My powers are crescent, and my auguring hopeMy powers are Cressent, and my Auguring hope
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.xii.4In Cleopatra's sails their nests. The augurersIn Cleopatra's Sailes their nests. The Auguries
Antony and CleopatraAC V.ii.332O, sir, you are too sure an augurer;Oh sir, you are too sure an Augurer:
CoriolanusCor II.i.1The augurer tells me we shall have newsThe Agurer tels me, wee shall haue Newes
HamletHam V.ii.213Not a whit. We defy augury. There is specialNot a whit, we defie Augury; there's a speciall
Julius CaesarJC II.i.200And the persuasion of his augurersAnd the perswasion of his Augurers,
Julius CaesarJC II.ii.37.2What say the augurers?What say the Augurers?
MacbethMac II.iii.119Hid in an auger-hole, may rush and seize us?hid in an augure hole, / May rush, and seize vs?
MacbethMac III.iv.123Augurs and understood relations haveAugures, and vnderstood Relations, haue
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG IV.iv.65Which, if my augury deceive me not,Which (if my Augury deceiue me not)

Poems

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The Phoenix and TurtlePhoen.7 Augur of the fever's end, Augour of the feuers end,
SonnetsSonn.107.6 And the sad augurs mock their own presage; And the sad Augurs mock their owne presage,

Glossary

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augur, augureaugury, prophecy, divination
augur, augureaugurer, soothsayer, fortune-teller
augurerRoman religious official who interpreted and foretold events
auguringprophetic, presaging, forecasting
auguryomens, premonition, divining the future
augurydiscernment, prescience, prophetic skill
bodeforebode, portend, predict, augur
bodementomen, portent, augury
signaugur, bode, signify

Thesaurus

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augurbode
augursign
augureraugur, augure
auguryaugur, augure
augurybodement

Themes and Topics

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Roman history...nsibilities (such as public order) augurer cor ii i 1 religious official who i...
Abbreviations...efinitely relevant in this context augury (n ) 2 discernment prescience prophe...
...v 65 [proteus to disguised julia] if my augury deceive me not [also sense 1] in ot...
...so sense 1] in other words refer to augury sense 1 where the meaning of ‘omens ...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AUGURBASICaugur n, auguring adj
AUGURPEOPLEaugurer n

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