Div`i*na"tion (?), n.
[L. divinatio, fr. divinare,
divinatum, to foresee,
foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. 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.
Deut. xviii. 10.
&fist; 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.
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