Thesaurus: divination

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1. n. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
2. n. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
3. n. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
4. n. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
5. n. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
6. 1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means. There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter. Deut. xviii. 10. Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc. 2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction. Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come. Sir T. North.
7. n:100 n. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck n. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means