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[In Sp. augur a cion; from Lat. auguratio.] The act, practice, or art of pretending to presage future events, either in the manner of the Roman augurs, or in any other way. "Claudius Pulcher underwent the like succe when he continued the tripudiary augur a tions ." - Browne: Vulgar Errours. âu-gured, pa . par . & a. [AUGUR, v.] †âu-gur-er, s. [Eng. augur; -er.] The same as AUGUR (q.v.). "And the persuasion of his augurers, May hold him from the Capitol Capitol to-day." Shakesp. Julius Casar, il. L. âu-gür-i-al, a. [In Sp. gurialis, for augural is .] lating to augury. augurial; Lat. auPertaining or re "On this foundation were built the conclusions of soothsayers yers in i their augurial and tripudiary divinations."- Browne . and hence the increased supply, required by increasing population, is sometimes raised at an aug menting cost by higher cultivation."-J. S. Mill: Polit . Econ ., vol. 1., bk. i., ch. xii., § 2.