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.
1569. J. Sanford, trans. Agrippa’s Van. Artes, 50. Emonge those gaineful Artes of Diuination, be reckened … Augurations.
1614. Raleigh, Hist. World, I. (1736), 93. Parnassus, the Inventor of Auguration.
a. 1674. Clarendon, Hist. Reb., III. x. 9. Transported with this happy auguration, he left Jersy.
