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   Divination , n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine.]
   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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   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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   ☞ 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.
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   An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
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   Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come.
   Sir T. North.
   
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