divination
divination is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- analogy
- approximation
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- bare
- belief
- blue
- conceit
- condition
- conjecture
- dark
- data
- estimate
- guess
- guesswork
- hint
- hypothesis
- idea
- imagination
- impression
- inkling
- intimation
- invention
- loose
- metaphor
- metonymy
- nearness
- notion
- original
- plan
- position
- postulate
- postulation
- postulatum
- presumption
- presupposition
- proposal
- proposition
- rough
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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