单词 | divine |
释义 | divinen.2ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] > practitioner of wielerOE divinerc1330 divine1340 divinisterc1405 ruspicerc1475 sortilegerc1475 sortilege1483 cole-prophet1532 augur1570 divinator1608 sortiary1652 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 19 Þe deuines and þe wichen and þe charmeresses þet workeþ be þe dyeules crefte. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 66 A gret Deuyn þat cleped was Calkas..Knew wel þat Troye sholde destroyed be By answere of his god. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1302 Dere Daniel also, þat watz deuine noble. c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. i. 42 b Saul had cast out all diuines From Israell, and eche diuineresse. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. ccxx [ccxvi]. 680 (note) Of these deuins, arioles, and charmers, there were certayne brente at Parys. 1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Eng. 2/2 in Chron. I To deriue the name of their diuines called Magi from him [sc. Magus]. 2. a. One who has officially to do with ‘divine things’; formerly, any ecclesiastic, clergyman, or priest; now, one skilled in divinity; a theologian. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] God's maneOE priestOE clerkc1050 secularc1290 vicary1303 minister1340 divinec1380 man of Godc1384 kirkmana1400 man of the churchc1400 cockc1405 Ecclesiastc1405 spiritual1441 ministrator1450 abbé1530 reverend1547 churchman1549 tippet-captain?1550 tippet knight1551 tippet man1551 public minister1564 reading minister1572 clergyman1577 clerk1577 padre1584 minstrel1586 spiritual1600 cleric1623 cassock1628 Levite1640 gownsman1641 teaching elder1642 ecclesiastic1651 religionist1651 crape1682 crape-gown-man1682 man in black1692 soul driver1699 secularist1716 autem jet1737 liturge1737 officiant1740 snub-devil1785 soul doctor1785 officiator1801 umfundisi1825 crape-man1826 clerical1837 God-man1842 Pfarrer1844 liturgist1848 white-choker1851 rook1859 shovel hat1859 sky pilot1865 ecclesiastical1883 joss-pidgin-man1886 josser1887 sin-shiftera1912 sin-buster1931 parch1944 society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] diviner1377 theologian1483 theologuea1500 theologicianc1560 theologer1588 theologist1641 divine1662 theologant1678 pantheologist1727 anthroposophist1851 theologizer1857–8 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 376 Bastard dyvynes seien..þat þes wordis of Crist ben fals. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Prol. xiii. 51 Dyuynys that schulden passe othere men in clennesse and hoolynesse. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 7503 He was a clerke and gude deuyne. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 14 It is a good diuine that followes his owne instructions. View more context for this quotation 1662 (title) The works of Mr. Richard Hooker, (that learned, godly, judicious, and eloquent divine). 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1780 II. 323 He wrote a young clergyman..the following..letter, which contains valuable advice to Divines in general. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 12 Taylor, the Shakspeare of divines. 1876 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 2nd Ser. ii. 52 We see in him the gentle mystic rather than the stern divine. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > theologian > [noun] > non-Christian divinea1387 divinera1387 theologian1603 theologer1609 theologista1638 theologizer1686 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > heathen (general) priestc1275 flamenc1400 fire-kindler1563 clergyman1609 fetisheer1613 divinea1616 churchman1632 shaman1698 Baal-priest1834 santero1950 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 219 Among alle manere of philosofres þey þat were icleped deuynes [L. qui theologi vocabantur] bere þe prys. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 164 Pythagoras and all the old Diuines affirme, that God or the only One is the beginner of al things. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iii. i. 19 The Oracle (Thus by Apollo's great Diuine seal'd vp). View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). divineadj.n.1 A. adj. 1. Of or pertaining to God or a god. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [adjective] holyc825 divinec1374 greatc1380 sainta1400 divinelyc1400 deific1490 ethereala1522 deifical1563 godly1582 numinous1647 numinal1652 deiform1654 deical1662 sacred1697 theistic1854 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) v. pr. ii. 118 The speculacion or lookynge of the deuyne thoght. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. i. 13 Ȝyue ȝe of ȝou men wise in dyuyn thingis. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection i. sig. Biv The diuine nature or godhed. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. K6v So darke are earthly thinges compard to things diuine. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 17 Many..complain of divin Providence for suffering Adam to transgresse. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 30 To Err is Humane; to Forgive, Divine. 1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) 290 Divine acts are not less Divine because they do not happen to be recorded in the Canonical Scriptures. 2. Given by or proceeding from God; having the sanction of or inspired by God. divine right, a right conferred by or based on the ordinance or appointment of God. divine right of kings, that claimed according to the doctrine that (legitimate) kings derive their power from God alone, unlimited by any rights on the part of their subjects. In English History, the phrase came into specific use in the 17th cent., when the claim was prominently made for the Stuart kings. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [adjective] > proceeding from divinec1386 c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 67 By precept of the Messager diuyn. c1425 Wyntoun Cron. i. i. 2 Dywyne Scrypture. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 127 in Poems (1981) 115 Ȝe gaue me anis ane deuine responsaill That I suld be the flour of luif in Troy. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. 35 Quhome God did place be ordinance dewyne. a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1648) viii. sig. V4v Unto Kings by humane Right, honour by very Divine Right, is due. 1625 C. Burges New Discouery Personal Tithes 2 Whether Tithes be perpetually due to the Ministers of the Gospell by Diuine Right. 1640 Const. & Canons i. B iv b The most High and Sacred order of Kings is of Divine right, being the ordinance of God himself. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 28 The Divine right of Episcopacy was then valiantly asserted. 1742 A. Pope New Dunciad 182 The right divine of kings to govern wrong. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. iii. 25 I will not put the title of the clergy to tithes upon any divine right, though such a right certainly commenced, and I believe as certainly ceased, with the Jewish theocracy. 1835 J. Waterworth Exam. Princ. Protestantism 95 Did this unrivalled Biblist acknowledge any writings as divine, which the Jews did not receive as canonical? 1865 J. R. Seeley Ecce Homo (ed. 8) iv. 31 In obedience to an irresistible divine impulse. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire ii. 59 The apologies of Jesuit writers for the assassination of tyrants deserve an important place in the history of the doctrine of divine right. 3. Addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God; religious, sacred. divine office, the stated office or service of daily prayer; the canonical hours. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] hallowedc900 holyc1000 blessedc1200 blissfula1225 seelya1225 yblessed1297 sacred13.. saint1377 devoutc1380 divinec1380 consecratec1386 dedicatec1386 benedighta1400 happyc1405 sillya1450 sacrate?a1475 sanctificatec1485 sacrificed?1504 sacrea1535 religious1549 vowed1585 anointed1595 devote1597 devoted1597 consecrated1599 sacrosanct1601 sanctimonious1604 sanctified1607 dedicated1609 divined1624 sacrosanctious1629 reverend1631 celebrate1632 divinified1633 sacrosanctified1693 sanctimonial1721 sacramental1851 divinized1852 sacral1882 sanct1890 sanctifiable1894 sacramented1914 hierophanic1927 kramat1947 sacralized1979 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 41 Do clerkis deuyn officis after þe ordre of þe holy Chirche of rome. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 122 Ful wel she soong the seruyce dyuyne. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 182 Do ȝour obseruance devyne To him that is of kingis king. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Pref. sig. ❧.i The common prayers in the Chur[c]he, commonlye called diuine seruice. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets cviii. sig. G3 Yet like prayers diuine, I must each day say ore the very same. View more context for this quotation 1672 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 6) i. 73 The Tunes of Psalms are of general use, all who are true Lovers of Divine Musick will have them in estimation. 1682 Stoddon (title) An Essay on a Question relating to Divine Worship. 1720 Watts (title) Divine Songs, attempted in easy language, for the use of children. 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 189/1 Divine Service, tenure by, an obsolete holding, in which the tenants were obliged to do some special divine services in certain, as to sing so many masses, to distribute such a sum in alms, etc. 1880 W. Smith & S. Cheetham Dict. Christian Antiq. II. at Divine office Offices for the several hours of prayer, which together constitute the Divine Office, as distinguished from the liturgy. 1889 F. W. Farrar Ambrose in Lives Fathers II. xv. §3. 169 Theodosius..as a penitent..abstained from presenting himself at divine service. 4. a. Partaking of the nature of God; characteristic of or consonant to deity; godlike; heavenly, celestial. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > heaven > [adjective] > of a heavenly nature heavenlyOE divinec1374 celestc1420 celestinec1430 supernal1483 celestial1484 celical1521 heavenlike1542 paradisiacal1660 celic1663 celestiousa1691 celestical1695 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) v. pr. ii. 118 Why in the souereynes dyuynes substaunces, þat is to seyn in spiritz, Iugement is moore cleere. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 167 Men saiden, that she was divine, And the goddess of sapience. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 275 All the hewinlie court divyne. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. viii. 65 The diuiner part in relation vnto the baser of our soules. 1645 J. Milton Il Penseroso in Poems 37 Hail divinest Melancholy, Whose Saintly visage is too bright To hit the Sense of human sight. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 40 Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vii. 7 At last Divine Cecilia came. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam Prol. p. vi Thou seemest human and divine, The highest, holiest manhood, thou. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 97 The strains..of divinest music in which the voice of inspiration died away. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > [adjective] > immortal uncorruptible1594 divine1597 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 38 For what I speake My body shall make good vpon this earth, Or my diuine soule answer it in heauen. View more context for this quotation 1632 T. Heywood 2nd Pt. Iron Age sig. H2v Thou lyest downe mortall, who must rise diuine. 5. In weaker sense: More than human, excellent in a superhuman degree. a. Of persons: Of more than human or ordinary excellence; pre-eminently gifted; in the highest degree excellent. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Divine or immortall, nectareus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. viii. 4 Diuinest Creature..How shall I honour thee for this successe? View more context for this quotation a1635 R. Corbet Poems (1807) 18 Nothing did win more praise..Then did their actors most divine. 1680 J. Crowne Misery Civil-war Prol. For by his feeble Skill 'tis built alone, The Divine Shakespear did not lay one Stone. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 146. ⁋3 The divine Socrates is here represented in a Figure worthy his great Wisdom and Philosophy. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 15 That mighty Orb of Song The divine Milton. View more context for this quotation 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 473 That would clearly contradict the divine Homer. b. Of things: Of surpassing beauty, perfection, excellence, etc.; extraordinarily good or great. Frequently in trivial use. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective] sunderlyOE noblec1330 precellentc1384 passantc1385 especialc1386 passinga1387 surmountingc1407 superlative?a1430 precelling?1435 pre-eminenta1460 outrepassed1477 divine1488 pre-excellenta1500 superexcellent1508 transcending1528 pre-ordinate1543 exceeding1552 superexcelling1554 exquisite1578 surpassingc1580 summary1587 paragon1593 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 termless1609 overtoppinga1615 paramounta1626 overtowering1639 surpassant1654 transcendental1701 superior1711 towery1731 prize1739 supernala1817 tiptopsome1819 tip-topping1826 par excellence1839 superfine1850 towering1894 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 348 Thai..In cartis brocht thar purwiance dewyne. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. §9 I graunt..that oftentimes a thing is called Diuine or of God, that is notable by any singular excellence. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. ii. 77 Bewtifull tirant, fiend angelicall..Despised substance of diuinest showe. View more context for this quotation 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 81 Blackness sits On the divinest wits. 1757 A. Cooper Compl. Distiller iii. xlvii. 212 Recipe for a Gallon of Divine Water. 1818 La Belle Assemblée Jan. 40/2 I have had the divinest cornette sent me. 1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 147 The champagne at eighteen dollars really divine. 1870 L. M. Alcott Old-fashioned Girl iii. 51 Your foot is perfectly divine in that boot. 1877 K. Thompson Publ. Pict. Gallery Rembrandt The great master of the Dutch school..preeminent by his wonderful and Divine talents. 1960 R. Daniel Death by Drowning iv. 45 I've just bought a divine swim suit. 6. Connected or dealing with divinity or sacred things; sacred. Obsolete or archaic. ΚΠ 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxvv All auncient writers, aswell deuine, as prophane. 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1891) 235 A famouse Doctour of divinitie as appeareth by his devyne works. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. A3v A rare Coniunction, as wel of diuine and sacred literature, as of prophane and humane. View more context for this quotation 1720 I. Watts Divine & Moral Songs Pref. This may sometimes give their thoughts a divine turn, and raise a young meditation. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 147 I give Dante my highest praise when I say of his Divine Comedy that it is..genuinely a Song.] ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adjective] > of evil misboding1607 divine1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 845 Yet oft his heart, divine of somthing ill, Misgave him. View more context for this quotation 1. Divine service. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > observance, ritual > [noun] usec1400 divine1480 actiona1572 liturgy1593 ritual1620 opus Dei1860 li1912 1480 Will of Nicholas Vavesour (Guildhall Libr. MS 9171/6) f. 306 To sing Devyne for my sowle. 1606 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) 327 (Jam.) Twa clerkis to serue in the divines within the College kirk of Creichtoun. 2. Divinity, theology. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theology > [noun] divine1303 divinityc1305 theology1362 pantheology1656 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 2890 Seynt austyn þat was a clerk of dyuyne. 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11411 A master of dyuyne. 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 90 Bisschops Bolde and Bachilers of diuyn. c1400 Rom. Rose 6490 I wole fillen..My paunche of good mete and wyne, As shulde a maister of dyvyne. 3. Soothsaying; conjecture; divination n. 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 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 282 Merlyn, in his deuyn, of him has said, Þat þre regions, in his bandons, salle be laid. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 8092 On þis manere myghte Merlyn Be geten & born, by oure deuyn. 4. Divine nature, 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 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 132 Bachus..Accordant unto his divine A prest..He had. Compounds C1. divine-human n. and adj. human and divine. ΚΠ 1884 Christian World 11 Sept. 688/2 The animal-human is very obstructive to the Divine-human. 1892 B. F. Westcott Gospel of Life 254 [Christianity] is summed up in the facts of a divine-human life. 1893 Tablet 9 Dec. 933 The Divine-human Mediator in heaven. C2. divine-looking adj. ΚΠ 1937 F. S. Fitzgerald Let. 8 Oct. (1964) 18 I'm glad Stanley is divine-looking; sorry Andrew is repulsive. C3. divine proportion n. literal translation of the term used by L. Pacioli for golden section n. at golden adj. and n. Compounds 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > symmetry or regularity > [noun] > golden section golden section1863 divine proportion1920 the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun] > golden section golden section1863 divine proportion1920 1509 L. Pacioli (title) De divina proportione.] 1920 R. C. Archibald in J. Hambidge Dynamic Symmetry 152 ‘Divine proportion’ was used by Fra Luca Pacioli in 1509 and possibly earlier by Pier della Francesca. 1951 G. Sarton in Isis 42 47/2 As far as we know now, the expression divine proportion was introduced by Pacioli in 1509 [in his treatise, Divina proportione], and the expression golden section by Martin Ohm in 1835. It is almost certain that they had predecessors [printed predecesors]. Who were they? 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XIII. 874/2 The Neo-Impressionists Georges Seurat..and Paul Signac based the linear pattern of many of their compositions upon the principle of this ‘divine proportion’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021). divinev. I. Transitive senses. a. To make out or interpret by supernatural or magical insight (what is hidden, obscure, or unintelligible to ordinary faculties); hence, in later use, to interpret, explain, disclose, make known. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [verb (transitive)] > divine divine1362 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > divine [verb (transitive)] > interpret by divination showa1200 divine1362 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 138 Daniel deuynede þe Dremels of a Kyng. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. i. 217 What this metals by-meneþ Diuine ȝe. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxii. 240 He tauhte..somme to dyuyne and dyuyde, numbres to kenne. a1400–50 Alexander 1905 Now þou..graithis me trouage, With all þis dignites be-dene þat I diuined haue. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1561 Þat con dele wyth demerlayk, & deuine lettres. c1500 Blowbols Test. 138 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 98 The cause why I shalle to you devyne. a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu/1 I can..Divine my mind to you. b. To discover or indicate by means of the divining rod.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > instrument for detection > of instrument, etc.: detect [verb (transitive)] > by means of dowsing rod divine1890 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 June 6/3 The boy has now been engaged to go to Australia to ‘divine’ the underground water and minerals of its arid and auriferous regions. 2. To make out by sagacity, intuition, or fortunate conjecture (that is, in some other way than by actual information); to conjecture, guess. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde v. 288 He koude wel dyuyne That Troilus al nyght for sorwe wook. c1386 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 224 Wyf..litel kanstow deuyne The curious bisynesse that we haue. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6706 How it strekys kan I noȝt deuyne. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 514/2 He were a wyse man that coulde devyne what they talke of nowe. 1696 tr. J. Dumont New Voy. Levant 44 Nor cou'd I divine the Meaning of it. 1786 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 37 He could not divine the cause of this extraordinary change. 1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 97 In common parlance, what one man is said to learn by experience, a man of extraordinary sagacity is said, without experience, to divine. 1863 M. Oliphant Salem Chapel I. ii. 28 He began to divine faintly..that external circumstances do stand for something. 3. To have supernatural or magical insight into (things to come); to have presentiment of; hence gen. to predict or prophesy by some kind of special inspiration or intuition. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > divine [verb (transitive)] areadc1000 divinec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 361 (389) But who may al eschewe or al deuyne? c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) viii. 29 Oþer thinges þai pronostic and diuines by þe colours of þa flawmes. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. ix. f. 47 They diuined the destruction of theyr countrey. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. ii. 15 To shun the danger that his soule diuines . View more context for this quotation 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. ii. 135 None..could divine To which side Conquest would encline. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 304 Truly it is not easy to divine what that army may become at last. View more context for this quotation 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect ii. ii. 487 To infer beforehand or divine the characters that we should find. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > portend, betoken [verb (transitive)] betokenc1275 bode1387 prognostica1400 pretend1402 prognosticate?a1425 ossc1450 importc1487 prognostify1495 protendc1554 presage1562 abode1573 boden1573 denounce1581 importune1590 prejudicate1595 foretoken1598 ominate1598 auspicate1604 divine1607 foredeem1612 warranta1616 augur1630 preaugurate1635 prewarna1637 prenote1641 preominate1646 forespeak1667 omen1697 betidea1799 bespeak1851 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel sig. B2v This prodigious signe..some strange newes though euer it diuine, Yet forth them not immediatly it brings. 1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady i. ii. 9 What envyous Star when I was born divin'd This adverse Fate! 1710 J. Swift Sid Hamet A certain Magick Rod,..divines When e'er the Soil has Golden Mines. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 126 All things wait for and divine him. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > contrive, devise, or invent [verb (transitive)] findeOE conceive1340 seek1340 brewc1386 divine1393 to find outc1405 to search outc1425 to find up?c1430 forgec1430 upfindc1440 commentc1450 to dream out1533 inventa1538 father1548 spina1575 coin1580 conceit1591 mint1593 spawn1594 cook1599 infantize1619 fabulize1633 notionate1645 to make upc1650 to spin outa1651 to cook up1655 to strike out1735 mother1788 to think up1855 to noodle out1950 gin1980 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 265 Dauid þe doughty..deuynede how Vrye Mighte slilokeste be slayn. a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Two Mice l. 269 in Poems (1981) 14 All coursis that cukis culd deuyne. a1586 Ballad against Evil Women in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 392 The lustiast ladie þat nature can devyne. 1598 B. Yong tr. A. Pérez 2nd Pt. Diana in tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 225 So much force had one God..ouer each others soule, diuining the great and inuiolable friendship that should be betweene him and me. a. To render divine; to canonize; to divinize. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [verb (transitive)] > deify deifya1340 deificatec1540 canonize1553 divine1591 godize1592 godify1603 divinitize1649 divify1652 divinize1656 divinify1660 theologize1678 transhumanate1848 transhumanize1872 in-God1891 1591 E. Spenser Daphnaïda 214 Living on earth like Angell new divinde. 1591 E. Spenser Ruines of Time in Complaints 611 Th' Harpe..out of the River was reard And borne above the cloudes to be divin'd. 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xxiv. 79 Leauing these Diuin'd, to Decuman we come..who was crown'd with glorious Martyrdome. ΚΠ 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes ii. 353 Your nobling and diuining him elswhere. II. Intransitive senses. 7. To use or practise divination; to obtain insight into what is future or unrevealed by auguries, portents, magical or occult devices; to soothsay. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > divine [verb (intransitive)] divinec1374 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde ii. 1696 (1745) The folk deuyne at waggynge of a stre. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xliv. 5 The coppe..in the which my Lord is wonte to dyuyne. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xv. lii. 755 Þer bien some þat hauen and [read an] hounde for here kynge and deuynen by his meuynge. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xliv. 25 Dyuynours that dyuynen by sacrifices offrid to feendis. 1609 Bible (Douay) I. Lev. xix. 26 You shal not divine, nor observe dreames. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 372 They go to some learned Doctor, who Divines by the Alcoran. 1726 D. Defoe Polit. Hist. Devil ii. vi. 273 Other..People take upon them to make farther..Improvements upon this Doctrine of the Cloven-foot, and treat it as a most significant Instrument of Satan's private Operation,..as Joseph is said to Divine. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. vii. 109 They [sc. Gipsies] mostly divine by means of a number of shells, with a few pieces of coloured glass, money, &c., intermixed with them. 8. To foretell by divine or superhuman power; to prophesy. archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > prophesy [verb (intransitive)] witiec950 prophesyc1350 divine1362 forespeaka1400 ossc1400 prophet?c1450 fore-prophesy1581 vaticinate1623 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. viii. 143 As Daniel diuinede hit fel in dede after. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) ii. vi. 116 If I were bound to Diuine of this vnity, I wold not Prophesie so. View more context for this quotation 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 22 We are as lawgivers; we speak for Nature; we prophesy and divine. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 120 Cassandra of coming sorrow divined. 9. a. To conjecture (as to the unknown or obscure); to make an inference by conjecture, insight, intuition, or other means than actual information. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > form conjectures, guess [verb (intransitive)] divine1362 supposea1393 conjecta1425 guessc1535 rove1551 level1580 conjecture1587 to harp at1611 to venture at1623 to make a shot1840 reach1952 the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > conjecture, guess [verb (transitive)] readOE ettlec1275 divine1362 areadc1374 conjectc1374 aima1382 imaginec1405 supposec1405 imagine1477 conjecture1530 guessa1535 harpa1616 foreguess1640 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. xi. 138 Þe deppore I diuinede þe derkore me þouȝte. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 26 Men may deuyne and glosen vp and doun. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 39 Something from Cipres, as I may diuine . View more context for this quotation 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. ii. 150 The meanest have a dignity... And hence, as I divine, the startling whirl of incongruous juxtaposition. ΚΠ c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iii. 409 (458) Lest ony wyght dyuynen or deuyse Wolde of hem two. c1386 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 1657 The paleys ful of peples..Dyvynynge of thise Thebane knyghtes two. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 43/2 The people diuerselye diuininge vppon this dealinge. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) v. sig. I4 Whereon diuine you sir? 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 857 Thereof would diuersly diuine euerie man according to his owne fantasie. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre i. 29 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian The Romans divining upon it, were confident of the Emperours prevailing in this Warr. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 144 At Chess they vie, to captivate the Queen, Divining of their loves. Derivatives diˈvined adj. (in quot., made divine). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adjective] hallowedc900 holyc1000 blessedc1200 blissfula1225 seelya1225 yblessed1297 sacred13.. saint1377 devoutc1380 divinec1380 consecratec1386 dedicatec1386 benedighta1400 happyc1405 sillya1450 sacrate?a1475 sanctificatec1485 sacrificed?1504 sacrea1535 religious1549 vowed1585 anointed1595 devote1597 devoted1597 consecrated1599 sacrosanct1601 sanctimonious1604 sanctified1607 dedicated1609 divined1624 sacrosanctious1629 reverend1631 celebrate1632 divinified1633 sacrosanctified1693 sanctimonial1721 sacramental1851 divinized1852 sacral1882 sanct1890 sanctifiable1894 sacramented1914 hierophanic1927 kramat1947 sacralized1979 1624 Quarles Sion's Sonn. in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1848) 140 The glory of thy divined place No age can injure, nor yet time deface. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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