About The Word Augury
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Augury
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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.
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