divine

[dih-vahyn]

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,
1. God.
2. (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.

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

Related formsdi·vin·a·ble, adjectivedi·vine·ly, adverbdi·vine·ness, nounhalf-di·vine, adjectivehalf-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

Synonyms for divine

13, 17. foretell, predict, foresee, forecast. 15, 18. discern, understand.

Antonyms for divine

5. worldly, mundane.

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Related Words for divinest

mystical, spiritual, celestial, angelic, holy, eternal, marvelous, transcendent, supernatural, sacred, heavenly, wonderful, religious, visualize, foresee, deduce, foretell, discern, infer, surmise

Examples from the Web for divinest

Historical Examples of divinest

Of mankind he was barely conscious, in his loftiest and divinest flights.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I
John Morley
I can bear the divinest of tidings—I can tell Alf that Millie loves him.
The Jucklins
Opie Read
Next to love, sympathy is the divinest passion of the human heart.
Pearls of Thought
Maturin M. Ballou
Our supreme good, the divinest reality with which we deal, is personality.
The Meaning of Faith
Harry Emerson Fosdick
There was the divinest Plague of Athens sold yesterday at Langford's!
The Belle's Stratagem
Hannah Cowley

British Dictionary definitions for divinest

divine

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 Formsdivinable, 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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Word Origin and History for divinest

divine

adj.

c.1300, from Old French devin (12c.), from Latin divinus "of a god," from divus "a god," related to deus "god, deity" (see Zeus). Weakened sense of "excellent" had evolved by late 15c.

divine

"to conjure, to guess," originally "to make out by supernatural insight," mid-14c., from Old French deviner, from Vulgar Latin *devinare, dissimilated from *divinare, from Latin divinus (see divine (adj.)), which also meant "soothsayer." Related: Divined; diviner; divining. Divining rod (or wand) attested from 1650s.

divine

c.1300, "soothsayer," from Old French devin, from Latin divinus (adj.); see divine (adj.). Meaning "ecclesiastic, theologian" is from late 14c.