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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 |