Au"gu*ry (&?;), n.; pl. Auguries (&?;). [L. aucurium.] 1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

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

From their flight strange auguries she drew.
Drayton.

He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness.
Prescott.

3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.

• omen, prediction.