[ad. L. augurātus, f. augurāt- ppl. stem of augurāri to predict from omens, f. augur: see prec. and -ATE1.] The office of augur; the augurship.
1741. Middleton, Cicero, I. v. (1742), 331. Tell me since Nepos is leaving Rome, who is to haue his brothers Augurate.
1859. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), VI. xlix. 108. The formal dignity of the Augurate.