divinatoryadj.
/dɪˈvɪnətəri/ a. Pertaining to a diviner or to divination; prophetic, divining.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [adjective]
divinal?1504
divinatory1569
mantical1588
semantic1665
mantic1839
mantistic1876
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [adjective] > that divines, divining
divining1382
divinal?1504
divinatricea1535
divinatory1664
1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 44 b An other kinde of Astrologie..called Diuinatorie, or Judiciall.
1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots x. 269 These are those that are most commonly tearmed Diuinatorie Lots.
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 35 The use of the Hasel is..for..Divinatory Rods for the detecting and finding out of Minerals.
1828 M. Berry Soc. Life Eng. & Fr. (1831) 395 A peasant of Burgundy..appeared with the exploded notion of the divinatory wand to discover hidden sources of water.
b. Conjectural.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [adjective]
conjecturative?1541
conjectural1553
opinionate1553
roving1577
opiniative1593
opinionative1610
guessive1628
estimative1659
stochastic1662
stochasticala1688
doxastic1794
divinatorya1856
divinatorial1860
conjectory1884
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1860) IV. xxxiv. 199 Here the conjectural or divinatory emendation comes into play.
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