divine
Americanadjective
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of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
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addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred.
divine worship.
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proceeding from God or a god.
divine laws;
divine guidance.
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godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity.
divine magnanimity.
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the divine kingdom.
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extremely good; unusually lovely.
He has the most divine tenor voice.
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being a god; being God.
Zeus, Hera, and other divine beings in Greek mythology.
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of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
Beauty is divine.
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Obsolete. of or relating to divinity or theology.
noun
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a theologian; scholar in religion.
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a priest or member of the clergy.
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the Divine,
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God.
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(sometimes lowercase) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
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verb (used with object)
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to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy.
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to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.
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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.
- Synonyms:
- understand, discern
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Archaic. to portend.
verb (used without object)
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to use or practice divination; prophesy.
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to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.
- Synonyms:
- understand, discern
adjective
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of, relating to, or characterizing God or a deity
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godlike
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of, relating to, or associated with religion or worship
the divine liturgy
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of supreme excellence or worth
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informal splendid; perfect
noun
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(often capital) another term for God
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a priest, esp one learned in theology
verb
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to perceive or understand (something) by intuition or insight
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to conjecture (something); guess
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to discern (a hidden or future reality) as though by supernatural power
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(tr) to search for (underground supplies of water, metal, etc) using a divining rod
Other Word Forms
- divinable adjective
- divinely adverb
- divineness noun
- diviner noun
- half-divine adjective
- half-divinely adverb
- predivinable adjective
- pseudodivine adjective
- subdivine adjective
- subdivinely adverb
- subdivineness noun
- superdivine adjective
- undivinable adjective
- undivined adjective
- undivining adjective
Etymology
Origin of divine
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English divin(e), devin(e), from Old French devin(e), Latin dīvīnus, equivalent to dīv(us) “god” + -īnus -ine 1
Example Sentences
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Jackson’s faith was rewarded with the arrival, also in 1970, of “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret,” about a sixth-grade girl who navigates puberty through daily conversations with the divine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Hints: We love theater, movies, the beach, laughing and food that is divine, but not so rich you can’t stand up after.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2026
The Guards Corps said in a statement it was "ready for complete obedience and self-sacrifice in carrying out the divine commands" of the younger Khamenei.
From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026
Overcoming the piddly obstacle of the class barrier supposedly dividing Benedict and Sophie was less of a question than a matter of which divine device would be manufactured to smooth their way to the altar.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026
The Scaling Revolution had the effect of forcing even those who continued to believe in a divine architect to recognize the coherence of this view.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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