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Augury
//ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. countable, uncountable
- 2 an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come wordnet
- 3 An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. broadly, countable, uncountable
"In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn."
- 4 An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. countable, uncountable
"Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity."
Etymology
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
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