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augury
What does augury mean?
augury (noun): an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use augury in a sentence?
- He hoped it was an augury. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does augury come from?
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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