adj referring to God ○ He prayed for divine help. ■ verb to search for hidden sources of water ○ In the middle of the drought, they called in someone to divine for water. Synonym discover
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.
2. Proceeding from God; as divine judgments. ´Divine protection.´ Bacon.
3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. ´The divine Apollo said.´ Shak.
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. “A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.” Prov. xvi. 10. “But not to one in this benighted age
Is that diviner inspiration given.” Gray.
6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] “Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
Misgave him.” Milton.
7. Relating to divinity or theology. “Church history and other divine learning.” South. Syn. — Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; preëminent.
1. Of or belonging to God; as divine perfections; the divine will. ´The immensity of the divine nature.´ Paley.
2. Proceeding from God; as divine judgments. ´Divine protection.´ Bacon.
3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. ´The divine Apollo said.´ Shak.
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. “A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.” Prov. xvi. 10. “But not to one in this benighted age
Is that diviner inspiration given.” Gray.
6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] “Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
Misgave him.” Milton.
7. Relating to divinity or theology. “Church history and other divine learning.” South. Syn. — Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; preëminent.
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.
2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. “The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.” J. Woodbridge.
1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. ´Poets were the first divines.´ Denham.
2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. “The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.” J. Woodbridge.
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. “A sagacity which divined the evil designs.” Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. “Darest thou … divine his downfall?” Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] “Living on earth like angel new divined.” Spenser. Syn. — To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.
1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. “A sagacity which divined the evil designs.” Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. “Darest thou … divine his downfall?” Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] “Living on earth like angel new divined.” Spenser. Syn. — To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.
di•vine´
v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. “The prophets thereof divine for money.” Micah iii. 11.
2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. “Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.” Shak.
3. To conjecture or guess; as to divine rightly.
2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. “Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.” Shak.
3. To conjecture or guess; as to divine rightly.
Meaning of “divine” in English language – adj referring to God ○ He prayed for div...
Request to translate if there is no definitions or definitions is not clear enough "divine"?
Ask a question if something is not clear about the word "divine".
To improve and add new definitions to the English dictionary, we need your support.
You can also help by adding definitions of words to the database.
Thank you!