divinationn.

/dɪvɪˈneɪʃən/

Etymology: < Old French divination (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dīvīnātiōn-em , noun of action < dīvīnāre to divine v.

1. The action or practice of divining; the foretelling of future events or discovery of what is hidden or obscure by supernatural or magical means; soothsaying, augury, prophecy. With a and plural, an exercise of this, a prophecy, an augury.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun]

divinec1330

diviningc1340

divinationc1374

divinailc1386

sortilegea1387

sortilegya1387

divinity1481

matesy1543

divinement1579

divinesse1594

predivination1603

observating1652

sortiary1653

fatidicency1693

fatiloquency1693

mantology1774

manticism1861

zoomancy1888

mantic1891

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) v. pr. iv. 125 Marchus tullius, whan he deuynede the dyuynaciouns, þat is to seyn in his book þat he wroot of diuinaciouns.

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvi. 16 Sum wenche hauynge a spirit of dyuynacioun.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 57 Eiþer seide þat [he] hadde þe better dyuynacioun of foules [L. felicius augurium].

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 309^v To speke of thynges that shalbe, longe before they are, is a kynde of diuination.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 25 The flying of birds, which doe geue a happy diuination of things to come.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iv. §1 The Gentiles hearkend unto Oracles and Divinations.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 505. ¶5 Among the many pretended Arts of Divination, there is none which so universally amuses as that by Dreams.

1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia v. 103 Divination is made by examination of the state of the body internally.

attributive.1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 100 The annexed illustrations, representing divination rings, are taken from Liceti.

2. In a weaker sense: Prevision or guessing by happy instinct or unusual insight; successful conjecture or guessing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > successful

divination1600

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 88 Tell thou an Earle, his diuination lies.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vii. §5. 84 Whether hee or they..would haue beene contented with an equall share..were perhaps a diuination vnnecessarie.

a1711 T. Ken Serm. preached at Whitehall in Prose Wks. (1838) 169 It was such divination, such sagacity as this which interpreted to him [Daniel] all the dreams of human life.

1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 Richard Owen..adding sometimes the divination of the old masters to the unbroken power of labor in the English mind.

3. Roman Law. (See quot. 1868.)

ΚΠ

1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict.

1868 W. Smith Smaller Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 7) at Divinatio If in any case two or more accusers came forward against one and the same individual, it was, as the phrase ran, decided by divination, who should be the chief..accuser..The judices had, as it were, to divine the course which they had to take.

4. Divine condition or state, divinity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity

godhoodeOE

godcundnessOE

drightnessc1175

godcundlaikc1175

Godnessa1225

godhead?c1225

godcundec1275

godcundheada1300

deityc1374

divinityc1374

divine1393

divineness1579

divinesse1594

divination1603

deism1726

superhumanity1792

superhuman1824

suprahumanitya1834

numinousness1932

numinosity1936

ground1945

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1327 Of Dæmons some few..came to participate the divination of the gods.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	divination
释义	divinationn. /dɪvɪˈneɪʃən/ Etymology: < Old French divination (13th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), < Latin dīvīnātiōn-em , noun of action < dīvīnāre to divine v. 1. The action or practice of divining; the foretelling of future events or discovery of what is hidden or obscure by supernatural or magical means; soothsaying, augury, prophecy. With a and plural, an exercise of this, a prophecy, an augury. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] divinec1330 diviningc1340 divinationc1374 divinailc1386 sortilegea1387 sortilegya1387 divinity1481 matesy1543 divinement1579 divinesse1594 predivination1603 observating1652 sortiary1653 fatidicency1693 fatiloquency1693 mantology1774 manticism1861 zoomancy1888 mantic1891 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) v. pr. iv. 125 Marchus tullius, whan he deuynede the dyuynaciouns, þat is to seyn in his book þat he wroot of diuinaciouns. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xvi. 16 Sum wenche hauynge a spirit of dyuynacioun. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 57 Eiþer seide þat [he] hadde þe better dyuynacioun of foules [L. felicius augurium]. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 309^v To speke of thynges that shalbe, longe before they are, is a kynde of diuination. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 25 The flying of birds, which doe geue a happy diuination of things to come. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. iv. §1 The Gentiles hearkend unto Oracles and Divinations. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 505. ¶5 Among the many pretended Arts of Divination, there is none which so universally amuses as that by Dreams. 1879 A. R. Wallace Australasia v. 103 Divination is made by examination of the state of the body internally. attributive.1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 100 The annexed illustrations, representing divination rings, are taken from Liceti. 2. In a weaker sense: Prevision or guessing by happy instinct or unusual insight; successful conjecture or guessing. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [noun] > successful divination1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 i. i. 88 Tell thou an Earle, his diuination lies. View more context for this quotation 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. vii. §5. 84 Whether hee or they..would haue beene contented with an equall share..were perhaps a diuination vnnecessarie. a1711 T. Ken Serm. preached at Whitehall in Prose Wks. (1838) 169 It was such divination, such sagacity as this which interpreted to him [Daniel] all the dreams of human life. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits xiv. 253 Richard Owen..adding sometimes the divination of the old masters to the unbroken power of labor in the English mind. 3. Roman Law. (See quot. 1868.) ΚΠ 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. 1868 W. Smith Smaller Dict. Greek & Rom. Antiq. (ed. 7) at Divinatio If in any case two or more accusers came forward against one and the same individual, it was, as the phrase ran, decided by divination, who should be the chief..accuser..The judices had, as it were, to divine the course which they had to take. 4. Divine condition or state, divinity. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > state of being or divinity godhoodeOE godcundnessOE drightnessc1175 godcundlaikc1175 Godnessa1225 godhead?c1225 godcundec1275 godcundheada1300 deityc1374 divinityc1374 divine1393 divineness1579 divinesse1594 divination1603 deism1726 superhumanity1792 superhuman1824 suprahumanitya1834 numinousness1932 numinosity1936 ground1945 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1327 Of Dæmons some few..came to participate the divination of the gods. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1374
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