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divinedivine2 verb VERB TABLEdivine |
Present | I, you, we, they | divine | | he, she, it | divines | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | divined | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have divined | | he, she, it | has divined | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had divined | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will divine | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have divined |
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Present | I | am divining | | he, she, it | is divining | | you, we, they | are divining | Past | I, he, she, it | was divining | | you, we, they | were divining | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been divining | | he, she, it | has been divining | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been divining | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be divining | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been divining |
- He had apparently divined from my expression that I was not prepared.
- Money experts now begin the tricky business of divining the fate of the economy.
- No one in the twenties could have divined this over-arching design, nor did Pound suppose that anyone would.
- Others will divine whether the Martins were lucky hobbyists or party stooges.
- Spoken words were not crucial because people should be able to divine the next move.
- They divined the contents of sealed envelopes by the simple expedient of opening the staples at the other end of the envelope.
- Together they divined for Charlie's talent.
- You can still divine water with a rod and be an agnostic.
► Folkloreabominable snowman, nounapparition, nounbogey, nounbogeyman, nounboogeyman, nounchangeling, noundivine, verbdjinn, noundoppelganger, noundowse, verbdowser, noundowsing rod, noundragon, noundryad, noundwarf, nounEaster Bunny, nounelf, nounelixir, nounfairy, nounfairy godmother, nounfairyland, nounfairy tale, nounFather Christmas, nounfolk, adjectivefolk hero, noungenie, nounghost, noungiant, noungiantess, noungnome, noungoblin, noungremlin, nounhobgoblin, nounimp, nounleprechaun, nounleviathan, nounley, nounlore, nounmagic carpet, nounmermaid, nounmonster, nounnecromancy, nounnever-never land, nounnymph, nounogre, nounphiltre, nounpixie, nounsandman, nounSanta Claus, nounspectre, nounsprite, nounstardust, nounsuperstition, nounsuperstitious, adjectivesylph, nountale, nountotem, nountroll, noununicorn, nounurban myth, nounvampire, nounwerewolf, nounwishing well, nounyeti, noun ► divining rod a divining rod (=the stick used for this) ► give ... the divine right to Being my wife doesn’t give you the divine right to read my mail. ► divine inspiration (=inspiration from God)· He prayed for divine inspiration. ► divine mercy (=the mercy of God)· He did not lose his faith in God and divine mercy. ► divine retribution divine retribution (=punishment by God) 1[transitive] literary to discover or guess somethingdivine that Somehow, the children had divined that he was lying.2[intransitive] to search for underground water or minerals using a Y-shaped stick: a divining rod (=the stick used for this)—diviner noun [countable] |