[syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
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The first divines of New England were surpassed by
none in extensive erudition. --J.
Woodbridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divine \Di*vine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See
Divination.]
1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to
conjecture.
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A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
--Bancroft.
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2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
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Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak.
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3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
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Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.
Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate;
forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine
protection." --Bacon.
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3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious;
pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine
worship.
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4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of
the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said."
--Shak.
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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.
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A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.
--Prov. xvi.
10.
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But not to one in this benighted age
Is that diviner inspiration given. --Gray.
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6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]
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Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
Misgave him. --Milton.
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7. Relating to divinity or theology.
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Church history and other divine learning. --South.
Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial;
pious; holy; sacred; pre["e]minent.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Divine \Di*vine"\, v. i.
1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination;
to utter prognostications.
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The prophets thereof divine for money. --Micah iii.
11.
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2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
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Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. --Shak.
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3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
divine
adj 1: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance";
"everything is black or white...satanic or
godly"-Saturday Review [syn: divine, godly]
2: resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a
providential visitation" [syn: providential, divine]
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 [syn: divine, godlike]
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 [syn:
divine, godlike]
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"
[syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead,
Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty,
Almighty, Jehovah]
2: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn:
cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
v 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"