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divinable

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di⋅vine

[di-vahyn] adjective, -vin⋅er, -vin⋅est, noun, verb, -vined, -vin⋅ing.
–adjective
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. Obsolete. of or pertaining to divinity or theology.
–noun
10. a theologian; scholar in religion.
11. a priest or member of the clergy.
12. the Divine,
a. God.
b. (sometimes lowercase) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
17. to use or practice divination; prophesy.
18. to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.

Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L dīvīnus, equiv. to dīv(us) god + -īnus -ine 1 ; r. ME devin(e) < OF devin < L, as above


di⋅vin⋅a⋅ble, adjective
di⋅vine⋅ly, adverb
di⋅vine⋅ness, noun


13, 17. foretell, predict, foresee, forecast. 15, 18. discern, understand.


5. worldly, mundane.
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