Dictionary entry

Augury

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.