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A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram.

A soothsaying; a foretelling. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

hose who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.

Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.

Rising toward the zenith; above the horizon. The constellation . . . about that time ascendant. Browne.

modern usage has appropriated assay chiefly to experiments in metallurgy, and essay to intellectual and bodily efforts. See Essay.]

A constellation. [Obs.]

One who practices astrology; one who professes to foretell events by the aspects and situation of the stars.

quently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.

An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.

The disbelief or denial of the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being. Atheism is a ferocious system, that leaves nothing above us to excite awe, nor around us to awaken tenderness. R. Hall. Atheism and pantheism are often wrongly confounded. Shipley.

One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.

One fitted for, or skilled in, intellectual contests; as, athletes of debate.

One who foretells events by omens; a soothsayer; a diviner; a prophet. Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found Without a priestly curse or boding sound. Dryden.

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

The Charioteer, or Wagoner, a constellation in the northern hemisphere, situated between Perseus and Gemini. It contains the bright star Capella.

To tell; to say; to declare. [Obs.] More of him I dare not author. Massinger.

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.