Meanings of augur ill in English

Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses: I have heard your resolves, and augur ill of their effect.

He suddenly struck the table with both hands, and straightening himself said with an air that seemed to augur ill:

However, I could not augur ill of one who laughed so heartily, nor of the other, who seemed so happy in making himself a teetotum.

Have confidence; I do not see anything that augurs ill for you in that.

Everybody has a fearfully flea- bitten appearance, which augurs ill for a refreshing night's repose.

This species of perfection augurs ill for the mind; and there are few exceptions to the rule.

It augurs ill for a man's hold of the word if the word does not hold him.

(The people of the city) said: We augur ill of you.

Italian prime minister-in-waiting Romano Prodi is already struggling to contain a row within his centre-left coalition that augurs ill for his future government.

"Then you think -my dear, you augur ill of your father's and mother's opinion of your engagement?"

"To have little interest in a future husband augurs ill for the time when he shall come to be your husband."