DIVINATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1892 · p. 28

n. Disv-ian-a's husn. Gr., fiavret'a. Lat., divinatio (from div in are, to prophesy). Fr., d. The pretended occult art of foretelling events. [A, 325 (a, 21); L, 41.] [s. 601]