augury
Collocations
3ADJ.
based, better, black, future, safer
VERB + AUGURY
defy, form, gives
AUGURY + NOUN
cats, divination, hopefuller, virtues
Definitions
noun
A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.
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6In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
WiktionaryNo augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!
WiktionaryFortunately many of the younger men are keen enough to make a success of their work, and this gives a better augury for the future.
WiktionaryAugury is divination based on the behavior of birds.
Tatoeba · #11592852A lot of people still cling to a form of augury, seeing black cats as omens of bad luck.
Tatoeba · #11899770Cities, in adopting a name, bear it usually as a testimony of victories or as an augury of virtues.
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