AUGURIZE
Au"gur*ize, v. t.
Defn: To augur. [Obs.] Blount.
AUGUROUS
Au"gu*rous, a.
Defn: Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] "Augurous hearts." Chapman.
AUGURSHIP
Au"gur*ship, n.
Defn: The office, or period of office, of an augur. Bacon.
AUGURY
Au"gu*ry, n.; pl. Auguries (. Etym: [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.