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noun

Augury n. (pl. auguries)

The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. "From their flight strange auguries she drew." "He resigned himself... with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness."

A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... but it had a breastwork of stones and logs, and he thought the attempt too hazardous. The ground where he stood was that where Dieskau had been defeated; and as the fate of his predecessor was not of flattering augury, he resolved to besiege the ...

— Montcalm and Wolfe • Francis Parkman

... Basil, in his Homily de St. Mamme Martyre has, concerning David, who was taken from following the ewes great with young ones to feed Israel. The Romans, the worthiest and greatest nation in the world, sprang from shepherds. The augury of the twelve vultures plac't a scepter in Romulus's hand, which held a crook before; and as ...

— The Natural History of Wiltshire • John Aubrey

... among a gang of the workmen. Then he went away. Scarcely a minute had elapsed when Desmond heard a cry, and looking round, saw the man brutally belaboring with his rattan the bare shoulders of a native. He quivered; the incident seemed of ill augury. ...

— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang

... up and followed her from the room and up the stairs, comfortable in body and mind, for sure, I thought, such cheerfulness was of good augury: the master of such happy servants could not be a very terrible man. Susan showed me into a large and well-furnished room, where, though it was summer time, a big fire was crackling merrily in the grate. On one side of it sat the master in a deep chair, ...

— Humphrey Bold - A Story of the Times of Benbow • Herbert Strang

... none. They all lock up themselves a' late, Or talk in character; I have not seen A company so changed. Except they had Intelligence by augury of our practice.—— ...

— Sejanus: His Fall • Ben Jonson

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