About The Word Augury
Learn about the word Augury to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Augury definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Augury
| Augury Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Augury: foretoken | preindication | sign Related Terms | Find terms related to Augury: adumbration | anticipation | astrology | auspice | betokening | betokenment | boding | clairvoyance | crystal ball | crystal gazing | divination | divining | foreshadow | foreshadowing | foreshowing | foretoken | foretokening | fortunetelling | haruspication | haruspicy | horoscopy | indicant | indication | mantic | mantology | omen | palmistry | palm-reading | portent | prefiguration | preindication | premonition | premonitory shiver | premonitory sign | premonitory symptom | presage | presentiment | presignifying | prognostic | prognostication | promise | pythonism | shadow | sign | soothsay | sorcery | token | tokening | type See Also | experience | omen | portent | presage | prognostic | prognostication | war cloud Augury In Webster's Dictionary \Au"gu*ry\, n.; pl. {Auguries}. [L. aucurium.]
1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the
actions of birds, etc.; divination.
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the
future; presage.
From their flight strange auguries she drew.
--Drayton.
He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave
little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.
3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Blae ‐ (Scottish) bluish-black or…
- Demagogue ‐ an orator who appeals to the passions and prejudices of…
- Lowborn ‐ of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn…
- Atomic number 62 ‐ a gray lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is…
- Common marigold ‐ the common European…
- North pole ‐ the northernmost point of the…
- Pi ‐ the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet [n] the scientist in charge…
- Mental faculty ‐ one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers…
- Glottal plosive ‐ a stop consonant articulated by releasing pressure at the glottis;…
- Dispose of ‐ deal with or settle; "He disposed of these…