| 单词 | divine |
| 释义 | divine —divinable, adj. —divinely, adv. —divineness, n. /di vuyn"/, adj., diviner, divinest, n. , v. , divined, divining. adj. 1. of or pertaining to a god, esp. the Supreme Being. 2. addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship. 3. proceeding from God or a god: divine laws. 4. godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity. 5. heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom. 6. Informal. extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice. 7. being a god; being God: a divine person. 8. of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine. 9. Obs. of or pertaining to divinity or theology. n. 10. a theologian; scholar in religion. 11. a priest or member of the clergy. 12. the Divine, a. God. b. (sometimes l.c.) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike. v.t. 13. to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy. 14. to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod. 15. to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture. 16. Archaic. to portend. v.i. 17. to use or practice divination; prophesy. 18. to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture. [1275-1325; ME < L divinus, equiv. to div(us) god + -inus -INE1; r. ME devin(e) < OF devin < L, as above] Syn. 13, 17. foretell, predict, foresee, forecast. 15, 18. discern, understand. Ant. 5. worldly, mundane. |
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