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di⋅vine

  [di-vahyn] adjective, -vin⋅er, -vin⋅est, noun, verb, -vined, -vin⋅ing.
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–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

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')   
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.

  2. 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.

  4. Heavenly; perfect.

n.  

  1. A cleric.

  2. A theologian.

v.   di·vined, di·vin·ing, di·vines

v.   tr.

  1. 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.

  3. To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse.

v.   intr.

  1. To practice divination.

  2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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.

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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divine

the power, being, or realm understood by religious persons to be at the core of existence and to have a transformative effect on their lives and destinies. Other terms, such as holy, divine, transcendent, ultimate being (or reality), mystery, and perfection (or purity) have been used for this domain. "Sacred" is also an important technical term in the scholarly study and interpretation of religions

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