devine
adjective
a frequent misspelling of divine.
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devine
Americanadjective
Devine
British
/ dəˈviːn /
noun
Example Sentences
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The devine afflatus usually lasted a week or two, and then she emerged from her 'vortex', hungry, sleepy, cross, or despondent.
From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May
Give me that unselfish nature, That with charity devine Can pardon wrong for love's dear sake— Meek heart, forgive me mine!
From Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May
The most devout believers have recognized in propositions of this description a class of truths independent of the devine omnipotence.
From Auguste Comte and Positivism by Mill, John Stuart
To er is human but to forgive is devine.
From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon
And therfore according to ye devine proverb, yt a wise man seeth ye plague when it cometh, & hideth him selfe, Pro.
From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William
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