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augury
late 14c., "divination from the flight of birds," from O.Fr.
augure
"divination, soothsaying, sorcery, enchantment," from L.
augurium
(see
augur
). Fig. sense of "presage, omen, portent, indication" is from 1797 (also often in pl. as
auguries
).
