01 n. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
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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.
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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.