divine /di-vīnˈ/ adjective- Belonging to or proceeding from a god
- Holy
- Excellent in the highest degree
- Wonderful, splendid (informal)
- Prescient, having forebodings (Milton)
noun- A person skilled in divine things
- A minister of the gospel
- A theologian
transitive verb- To foresee or foretell as if divinely inspired
- To guess or make out
- To prognosticate
- To make divine (Spenser)
- To search for (underground water, etc), esp with a divining rod
intransitive verb- To profess or practise divination
- To have forebodings
ORIGIN: OFr devin soothsayer, and L dīvīnus, from dīvus, deus a god divināˈtion noun - The art or practice of divining
- Seeking to know the future or hidden things by supernatural means
- Instinctive prevision
- Prediction
- Conjecture
divˈinātor (archaic) or divīnˈer noun - (also fem divīnˈeress) a person who divines or professes divination
- A conjecturer
divinatōˈrial or divinˈatory adjective Relating to divination, conjectural divīneˈly adverb divīneˈness noun diviner, divineress noun see divinator above divinˈify or divˈinize or divinˈify or divˈinise transitive verb To treat as divine Divine Office noun (RC) Prayers or services held daily at fixed hours, now also called the Liturgy of the Hours divine right noun - The concept that monarchs rule by the authority of God rather than by consent of the people
- Any authority supposed to be unquestionable (informal)
divining rod noun A rod, usu of hazel, used by those professing to discover water or metals underground |