devine
adjective
a frequent misspelling of divine.
devine
Americanadjective
Devine
British
/ dəˈviːn /
noun
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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 Louisa May Alcott
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 John Stuart Mill
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 William Bradford
Service devine, she sange the, 1647. poorest, is repaid, 1893. small, is true service, 769.
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
Whereof every man saied, that yt was rather a thinge devine then humaine, to have founde out that way never knowen before, to goe by the west into the easte.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Richard Hakluyt
Tad Devine, who served as a top strategist for mainstream Democrats for decades before joining Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential bid, knows the mechanisms inside and out.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
On Monday, the North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League began an investigation into Devine, who has been suspended by Saltburn for the "foreseeable future".
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
But Mr. Devine, who served as Mr. Sanders’s chief strategist, isn’t merely retracing the journey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But Mr. Devine writes about these establishment shenanigans as though he was surprised that a candidate who attacked the establishment would invite a defense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
“Yes, I suppose so ...” A great fatigue suddenly swept over Devine.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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