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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Augury \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: augury n : an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" [syn: {sign}]
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