the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > augury, divination from omens > augur, divine from omens [verb (transitive)] > observe omens (2)
transitive. To watch or examine by way of augury or divination; to take note of (presages or omens). Cf. observation, n. 5d. Obsolete.
transitive. To observe; spec. to detect by scientific observation.