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

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

ithout God, neither accepting nor denying him. I should say science was atheous, and therefore could not be atheistic. Bp. of Carlisle.

-- Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.

To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to…

The act of hearing; attention to sounds. Thou, therefore, give due audience, and attend. Milton.

An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.

Full of augury; foreboding. [Obs.] "Augurous hearts." Chapman.

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

once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused.

The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.

To foreshow; to foretoken. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Foreign troops in the service of a nation at war; (rarely in sing.), a member of the allied or subsidiary force.

A person dispatched before another person or company, to give notice of his or their approach.

untains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

One of a sect of peripatetic philosophers, who appeared in Italy before the restoration of learning; so denominated from Averroes, or Averrhoes, a celebrated Arabian philosopher. He held the doctrine of monopsychism.

's self, to consider with one's self, to reflect, to deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer. Now therefore, if thou wilt enriched be, Avise thee well, and change thy willful mood. Spenser.

alls one away from one's regular employment or vocation. Heaven is his vocation, and therefore he counts earthly employments avocations. Fuller. By the secular cares and avocations which accompany marriage the clergy have been furnished with skill in common life. Atterbury.

to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, to avoid the company of gamesters. What need a man forestall his date of grief. And run to meet what he would most avoid Milton. He carefully avoided every act which could goad them into open hostility. Macaulay.

St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.