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Webster 1913 Edition


Augury

Au′gu-ry

,
Noun.
;
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Augury

AU'GURY

,
Noun.
[L. augurium.]
1.
The art or practice of foretelling events by the flight or chattering of birds.
2.
An omen; prediction; prognostication.