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Prodigy

Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.

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Augury 76% connected

The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.

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Brain 76% connected

The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous…

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Example 76% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Exemplar 76% connected

A model, original, or pattern, to be copied or imitated; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives.

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Foretoken 76% connected

Prognostic; previous omen.

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Genius 76% connected

A good or evil spirit, or demon, supposed by the ancients to preside over a man's destiny in life; a tutelary deity; a supernatural being; a spirit,…

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Sign 76% connected

That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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Wonder 76% connected

That emotion which is excited by novelty, or the presentation to the sight or mind of something new, unusual, strange, great, extraordinary, or not w…

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Auspice 76% connected

A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indicatio…

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Foreboding 76% connected

of Forebode

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Predict 74% connected

To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

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Predict 74% connected

To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

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Prodigious 74% connected

Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.

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Prodigious 74% connected

Of the nature of a prodigy; marvelous; wonderful; portentous.

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Omen 92% connected

An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a p…

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Portent 92% connected

That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

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Presage 92% connected

Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury.

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Prognostic 92% connected

Indicating something future by signs or symptoms; foreshowing; aiding in prognosis; as, the prognostic symptoms of a disease; prognostic signs.

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Prognostication 92% connected

The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.

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