| Augury 1. (n.) The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination. 2. (n.) An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. 3. (n.) A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur. Thesaurus Entries 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 |