Div'i-nā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. divinatio, from divinare, to foresee, foretell, from divinus, divinely inspired; Fr. divination, Pr. divinacio, It. divinazione. See DIVINE.] 1. The act of divining; a foretelling future events, or discovering things secret or obscure, by the aid of superior beings, or by other than human means. ☞ Among the ancient heathen philosophers, natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites or observations. 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. North.