Found 2 items, similar to Augury.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: augury
augury
n : an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come;
“he hoped it was an augury”;
“it was a sign from
God” [syn:
sign,
foretoken,
preindication]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Augury
Augury
\Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl.
Auguries. [L. aucurium.]
1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the
actions of birds, etc.; divination.
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2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the
future; presage.
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From their flight strange auguries she drew.
--Drayton.
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He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave
little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.
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3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
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