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au·gu·ry
\ˈȯgyərē, -ri also ˈȯgə-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English augurie, from Middle French, from Latin augurium, from augur
1.
a. : divination by the interpretation of omens or portents (as inspection of the flight of birds or the entrails of sacrificed animals) or of chance phenomena (as the fall of lots) — see auspice 1; compare sortilege
b. : the rite or ceremony of divination followed by an augur
2. : a sign or omen taken as an indication of the future : portent
< like an augury, the night was coming closer — Norman Mailer >
3. : an indication of the future or of future events
< an exciting augury of things to come — Bennett Cerf > |