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9 dictionary results for: divine

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

di·vine

[di-vahyn] Pronunciation Key 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,

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 -ine¹; r. ME devin(e) < OF devin < L, as above

]

—Related forms

di·vin·a·ble, adjective

di·vine·ly, adverb

di·vine·ness, noun

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

—Antonyms 5. worldly, mundane.

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di·vine (dĭ-vīn') Pronunciation Key
adj. di·vin·er, di·vin·est

1. Having the nature of or being a deity.
2. Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: sought divine guidance through meditation.
3. Being in the service or worship of a deity; sacred.
4. Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto.
5. Extremely pleasant; delightful: had a divine time at the ball.
Superhuman; godlike.
1. Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto.
2. Extremely pleasant; delightful: had a divine time at the ball.
Heavenly; perfect.

A cleric.
A theologian.

v. di·vined, di·vin·ing, di·vines

v. tr.

To foretell through or as if through the art of divination. See Synonyms at foretell.
1. To know by inspiration, intuition, or reflection.
2. To guess.
To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse.

v. intr.

To practice divination.
To guess.

[Middle English, from Old French devine, from Latin dīvīnus, divine, foreseeing, from dīvus, god; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English divinen, from Old French deviner, from Latin dīvīnāre, from dīvīnus.]

di·vine'ly adv., di·vine'ness n., di·vin'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
divine (adj.)

c.1305 (implied in divinity), from O.Fr. devin, from L. divinus "of a god," from divus "a god," related to deus "god, deity," from PIE *deiwos, also the root of words for "sky" and "day." The god-sense is originally "shining," but "whether as originally sun-god or as lightener" is not now clear. Weakened sense of "excellent" had evolved by c.1470. Divinity is from c.1300.

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divine (v.)

"to conjure, to guess," originally "to make out by supernatural insight," early 14c., from L. divinus (see divine (adj.)), which also meant "soothsayer." Hence, divination (c.1374), from O.Fr., from L. divinationem (nom. divinatio) "the power of foreseeing, prediction," from divinatus, pp. of divinare, lit. "to be inspired by a god." Divining rod (or wand) attested from 1656.

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divine
adjective
1.	emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
2.	resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" [syn: providential]
3.	being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe
4.	devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"
5.	appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref
6.	being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
noun
1.	terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead]
2.	a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn: cleric]
verb
1.	perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
2.	search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Divine

Di*vine"\, a. [Compar. Diviner; superl. Divinest.] [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. ?, and L. deus, God. See Deity.]

1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." --Paley.

2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." --Bacon.

3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." --Shak.

5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." --Shak.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. --Prov. xvi. 10.

But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. --Gray.

6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]

Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. --Milton.

7. Relating to divinity or theology.

Church history and other divine learning. --South.

Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; pre["e]minent.

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Divine

Di*vine"\, n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." --Denham.