英语词汇“divine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

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单词	divine
释义	di·vine I. \də̇ˈvīn sometimes dēˈ-\ adjective (sometimes -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English devin, divin, from Middle French, from Latin divinus, from divus divine, god + -inus -ine — more at deity 1. a. : of or relating to God : proceeding from God < the divine will > < divine judgment > b. : of or relating to a god : having the nature of a god < the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his … powers — J.G.Frazer > : proceeding from a god < the divine strength of Achilles > : like a god or like that of a god < divine capacity for love > 2. a. : devoted or addressed to God : religious, holy, sacred < summoned the people to divine worship > b. obsolete : relating to divinity or theology : concerned with sacred things 3. a. : supremely good or admirable < admired the writings of the divine Shakespeare > < her pies were simply divine > b. : having a sublime or inspired character < in her role as the mother, woman is regarded as divine — R.N.Dandekar > II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English divine, devine, from Medieval Latin divinus, from Latin, soothsayer, from divinus, adjective 1. : a minister of the gospel : priest, clergyman < a Puritan divine > 2. : one skilled in divinity : theologian < great Protestant divines such as Luther, Calvin, Melanchthon, and Zwingli > 3. : a priest, theologian, or spiritual guide of a non-Christian religion 4. often capitalized : something having the qualities and attributes of an ultimate reality that is regarded as sacred < man's relation to the divine > III. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English devinen, divinen, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French deviner, diviner, from Latin divinare, from divinus soothsayer *transitive verb* 1. a. : to discover or make known by divination < she divined the fall of the city > b. : to discover or locate (as water) by means of a divining rod 2. a. : to perceive, make out, or discover intuitively or through keenness of insight < divined her unhappiness before she had uttered a word > < no other critic has so well divined the poet's essential meaning > b. archaic : to be or give a sign or indication of (future events or something unknown) : portend < all things wait for and divine him — R.W.Emerson > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to prophesy with supernatural aid < a Cassandra, divining of evils to come > b. : to use or practice divination < divined in tent-shaking rites to discover the … cause of illness or death — American Anthropologist > 2. a. : conjecture, suppose, infer < I either know them or divine by the root — O.W.Holmes †1935 > b. : to perceive, recognize, or acquire understanding concerning some fact or circumstance especially by insight or intuition < all the time only too well divining — John Galsworthy > Synonyms: see foresee
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