Definition of "augury"

augury

/ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural auguries
1. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
2. (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  Quotations
  In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
  1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe
  No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!
  1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall
  Fortunately many of the younger men are keen enough to make a success of their work, and this gives a better augury for the future.
  1950 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 549
3. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
  Quotations
  Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.
  1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!‎