augurate meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

augurate

noun

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

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:

augurate

verb

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

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.