Divination
Divination , noun
[Latin divinatio, from divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, from divinus: compare French divination. See Divine.]
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.
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.