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augur
/ˈɔːɡə/
verb
[no object]augur well/badly/ill
1 (of an event or circumstance) portend a good or bad outcome.
Usage
The spellings augur (a verb meaning ‘portend a good or bad outcome’, as in this augurs well) and auger (a type of tool used for boring) are sometimes confused,
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Augustus averred that the oracle's pronouncement augured well for the planned making of holes with the auger.
@Algot It takes ~guts~ to ~tweet~ about augury.