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augury n. 占兆,占卜,预言 占兆,占卜,预言 augury n 1: an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; " he hoped it was an augury"; " it was a sign from God" [ synonym: { augury}, { sign}, { foretoken}, { preindication}] 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. [ 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] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for " augury": adumbration, anticipation, astrology, auspice, betokening, betokenment, boding, clairvoyance, crystal ball, crystal gazing, divination, divining, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening, fortunetelling, haruspication, haruspicy, horoscopy, indicant, indication, mantic, mantology, omen, palm- reading, palmistry, portent, prefiguration, preindication, premonition, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presentiment, presignifying, prognostic, prognostication, promise, pythonism, shadow, sign, soothsay, sorcery, token, tokening, type
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