† eˈxaugurate, v. Obs.
[f. L. exaugurāt- ppl. stem of exaugurāre to profane, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + augur augur.]
trans. a. To cancel the inauguration of; to unhallow, make profane. b. To augur evil to.
| 1600 Holland Livy i. lv. 38 [Tarquin] determined to exaugurate and unhallow certain churches and chappels. 1652 Gaule Magastrom. 240* The presaging Aruspex will exaugurate me with all manner of ill luck. 1695 H. Dodwell Def. Vind. Deprived Bishops 47 So far it was from giving him any Power over the High Priesthood itself. He had no Power of Inaugurating, and therefore none of Exaugurating. 1721–1800 in Bailey. |