Auguries

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the


        future; presage.
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              From their flight strange auguries she drew.
                                                    --Drayton.
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              He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave
              little augury of his future greatness. --Prescott.
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     3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
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