he hoped it was an augury
it was a sign from God
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
preindication — index symptom Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
preindication — pre•in di•ca′tion n … From formal English to slang
preindicate — preindication, n. /pree in di kayt /, v.t., preindicated, preindicating. to indicate in advance; presage: The early thaw preindicated an avalanche. [1795 1805; PRE + INDICATE] * * * … Universalium
symptom — I noun alarm, augury, characteristic, clue, danger signal, diagnostic, evidence, evincement, feature, forewarning, guide, index, indicant, indication, indicator, indice, indicium, intimation, manifestation, mark, means of recognition, monition,… … Law dictionary
augury — Synonyms and related words: adumbration, anticipation, astrology, auspice, betokening, betokenment, boding, clairvoyance, crystal ball, crystal gazing, divination, divining, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretoken, foretokening,… … Moby Thesaurus
foreshadow — Synonyms and related words: adumbrate, adumbration, augur, augury, auspicate, auspice, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, body forth, demonstrate, embody, exemplify, figure, forebode, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foretoken,… … Moby Thesaurus
foretoken — Synonyms and related words: adumbration, augur, augury, auspice, badge, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, boding, divine, forebode, forerunner, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshow, foreshowing, foretokening, forewarning, harbinger, herald,… … Moby Thesaurus
indication — Synonyms and related words: Christophany, Satanophany, adumbration, angelophany, appearance, augury, auspice, avatar, basis for belief, betokening, betokenment, body of evidence, broad hint, chain of evidence, clue, clues, cue, data, datum,… … Moby Thesaurus
omen — Synonyms and related words: actuarial prediction, adumbrate, adumbration, apocalypse, augur, augury, auspicate, auspice, betoken, betokening, betokenment, bode, boding, danger sign, early symptom, falling barometer, forebode, foreboding, forecast … Moby Thesaurus
portent — Synonyms and related words: adumbration, advance notice, augury, auspice, balefulness, banefulness, betokening, betokenment, bodefulness, boding, direness, doomfulness, fatality, fatefulness, foreboding, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing,… … Moby Thesaurus
