v. Obs. [f. as prec. + -IZE.] To augur, predict from omens. Hence: Augurizer, an augur. Augurizing vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1596. Fitz-Geffrey, Sir F. Drake (1881), 106. I augurize this shall be done ere long.
1603. J. Savile, Salut. K. James, in Arb., Garner, V. 635. When one … Could augurise aright, foresee, foresay.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 178. The Roman augurizers, the French druids. Ibid., 305. Tush! quoth Hercules: the best augurizing is to fight valiantly for our countrey. Ibid., 319. Augurizing and aruspicall diviners.
