divine

[ dih-vahyn ]

/ dɪˈvaɪn /

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adjective, di·vin·er, di·vin·est.

of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.

addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship.

proceeding from God or a god: divine laws;divine guidance.

godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity.

heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom.

extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice.

being a god; being God: Zeus, Hera, and other divine beings in Greek mythology.

of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine.

Obsolete. of or relating to divinity or theology.

noun

a theologian; scholar in religion.

a priest or member of the clergy.

the Divine,

God.
(sometimes lowercase) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.

verb (used with object), di·vined, di·vin·ing.

to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy.

to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.

to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture: She divined personal details about her customers based on their clothing and accents.It was not difficult to divine his true intent.

Archaic. to portend.

verb (used without object), di·vined, di·vin·ing.

to use or practice divination; prophesy.

to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.

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Origin of divine

1275–1325; Middle English <Latin dīvīnus, equivalent to dīv(us) god + -īnus-ine¹; replacing Middle English devin(e) <Old French devin<Latin, as above

SYNONYMS FOR divine

13, 17 foretell, predict, foresee, forecast.

15, 18 discern, understand.

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ANTONYMS FOR divine

5 worldly, mundane.

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OTHER WORDS FROM divine

di·vin·a·ble, adjectivedi·vine·ly, adverbdi·vine·ness, nounhalf-di·vine, adjective

half-di·vine·ly, adverbpre·di·vin·a·ble, adjectivepseu·do·di·vine, adjectivesub·di·vine, adjectivesub·di·vine·ly, adverbsub·di·vine·ness, nounsu·per·di·vine, adjectiveun·di·vin·a·ble, adjectiveun·di·vined, adjectiveun·di·vin·ing, adjective

Words nearby divine

divider, dividers, divi-divi, dividual, divination, divine, Divine Comedy, divine healing, Divine Liturgy, Divine Mother, divine office

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Izanagi and Izanami went on to create more landmasses and give birth to other divine entities, thereby giving form to the principal eight islands of Japan and over 800 kami.
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After the screening, Jolie, who says she renewed her faith in “the divine” during filming, met briefly with the pope.
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Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine.
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When a popular Sunni televangelist does it, to forgive is divine.
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In the 1980s, your community allowed hundreds of thousands of us to die because you believed AIDS was divine punishment.
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Allah seems unlikely to enter into a “personal” relationship with Muslims, who readily submit to the divine will.
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He is here, adorning, by a life of severe simplicity and divine benevolence, the doctrine he has espoused.
Aurelian|William Ware
It is only the Gospel which unites them, in a right manner, “by a divine art.”
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Nothing is to be done without the divine afflatus, and plenty of it.
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Self-respect in man is ultimately based on reverence for the Divine.
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A low, naturalistic conception of the Divine lends itself to immoral purposes.
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British Dictionary definitions for divine

divine

/ (dɪˈvaɪn) /

adjective

of, relating to, or characterizing God or a deity

godlike

of, relating to, or associated with religion or worshipthe divine liturgy

of supreme excellence or worth

informal splendid; perfect

noun

the divine (often capital) another term for God

a priest, esp one learned in theology

verb

to perceive or understand (something) by intuition or insight

to conjecture (something); guess

to discern (a hidden or future reality) as though by supernatural power

(tr) to search for (underground supplies of water, metal, etc) using a divining rod

Derived forms of divine

divinable, adjectivedivinely, adverbdivineness, noundiviner, noun

Word Origin for divine

C14: from Latin dīvīnus, from dīvus a god; related to deus a god

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verb (used without object), di·vined, di·vin·ing.

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verb (used without object), di·vined, di·vin·ing.

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