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Synonyms for augury

Grammar : Noun
Spell : aw-gyuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔ gyə ri

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Définition of augury

Origin :
  • late 14c., "divination from the flight of birds," from Old French augure "divination, soothsaying, sorcery, enchantment," or directly from Latin augurium "divination, the observation and interpretation of omens" (see augur). Figurative sense of "omen, portent, indication" is from 1797 (also often in plural as auguries).
  • noun omen
  • noun prediction
Example sentences :
  • If the augury was propitious the work was entered upon with vigor and confidence.
  • Extract from : « Romulus, Makers of History » by Jacob Abbott
  • I hoped the augury was a true one, but there were times when I doubted.
  • Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter
  • I was always superstitious, and this augury, just at that moment, affected me.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 » by Various
  • This was the augury the priestess drew, and wondered greatly at the sign.
  • Extract from : « Saronia » by Richard Short
  • If the scales were evenly balanced the augury would be good.
  • Extract from : « How to Read the Crystal » by Sepharial
  • The words had come to her as the interpretation of an augury, the fulfilment of a promise.
  • Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
  • Augury had promised it to him; my mother knew this, and shared his ambition.
  • Extract from : « A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • They knew not that it was an augury of the fateful tragedy at the gates of Spain.
  • Extract from : « With Spurs of Gold » by Frances Nimmo Greene
  • This visit of the kind Samoset was an augury of good to the colony.
  • Extract from : « Great Events in the History of North and South America » by Charles A. Goodrich
  • Kitty observed it instantly, and she drew an augury of evil from it.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of Lincoln's Inn » by Robert Machray
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