| 释义 |
† auguˈration Obs.
[ad. L. augurātiōn-em, n. of action f. augurāt-: see prec. and -ation.]
The practice of prognosticating the future by observing the flight of birds and other phenomena; augury; gen. omen, prognostic, token.
1569J. Sandford Agrippa's Van. Artes 50 Emonge those gaineful Artes of Diuination, be reckened..Augurations. 1614Raleigh Hist. World i. (1736) 93 Parnassus, the Inventor of Auguration. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. III. x. 9 Transported with this happy auguration, he left Jersy. |