Both Uses
augury
in
Oedipus the King
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- Therefore begrudging neither augury Nor other divination that is thine, O save thyself, thy country, and thy king, Save all from this defilement of blood shed.†
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- And yet the riddle was not to be solved By guess-work but required the prophet's art; Wherein thou wast found lacking; neither birds Nor sign from heaven helped thee, but I came, The simple Oedipus; I stopped her mouth By mother wit, untaught of auguries.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(augury) the practice of predicting the future by interpreting signs or omens, or a sign believed to show what will happen
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)