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di⋅vin⋅er

  [di-vahy-ner]
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–noun
1. a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet.
2. a person skilled in using a divining rod.
Origin:
1300–50; divine + -er 1 ; r. ME divinour < AF < LL dīvīnātor soothsayer, equiv. to L dīvīnā(re) to divine + -tor -tor

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

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.
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Diviner

Di*vin"er\, n. 1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.

The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. --Zech. x. 2.

2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things. --Locke.
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Language Translation for : diviner
Spanish: zahorí,
German: der Wünschelrutengänger,
Japanese: 水脈占い師
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