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au·gu·ry 
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Audio Help [aw-gyuh-ree] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -ries.
| 1. | the art or practice of an augur; divination. |
| 2. | the rite or ceremony of an augur. |
| 3. | an omen, token, or indication. |
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| au·gu·ry
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n. pl. au·gu·ries
[Middle English augurie, from Old French, from Latin augurium, from augur, augur; see augur.] |
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| augury | |
noun | |
| an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from God" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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