augury
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (1)
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come“he hoped it was an augury”“it was a sign from God”Synonyms: signforetokenpreindication
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. [1913 Webster]
2.An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. [1913 Webster]
From their flight strange auguries she drew.— Drayton.[1913 Webster]
He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]
3.A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. [1913 Webster]