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See also:Divineanddiviné

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Frenchdivin, fromLatindīvīnus(“of a god”), fromdivus(“god”). Displaced nativeOld Englishgodcund.

Adjective

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divine (comparativemoredivine,superlativemostdivine)

  1. Of or pertaining to agod.
    Synonyms:deific,godlike,godly
    Antonyms:undivine,ungodly
  2. Eternal,holy, or otherwisegodlike.
    Synonyms:hallowed,holy,sacred
    Antonyms:godless,secular,ungodly
  3. Ofsuperhuman or surpassing excellence.
    Synonyms:supreme,ultimate
    Antonyms:humdrum,mediocre,ordinary
  4. Beautiful,heavenly.
    Synonyms:beautiful,delightful,exquisite,heavenly,lovely,magnificent,marvellous/marvelous,splendid,wonderful
    Antonyms:horrible,horrid,nasty,unpleasant
  5. (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book VIII”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      Yet oft his heart,divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
  6. (obsolete, of souls)immortal;elect orsaved afterdeath
    • 1595 December 9 (first known performance),William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act I, scene i],page23, column 1:
      NowThomas Mowbray do I turne to thee,
      And marke my greeting well: for what I ſpeake,
      My body ſhall make good vpon this earth,
      Or mydiuine ſoule anſwer it in heauen.
    • 1632,Thomas Heywood,The Iron Age, Part 2:
      (Of that at leaſure) but the bloody ſtage
      On which to act, Generall this night is thine,
      Thou lyeſt downe mortall, who muſt riſediuine.
    • 1703, Charles Povey,Meditations of a Divine Soul: Or, the Chriſtian’s Guide, Amidſt the Various Opinions of a vain World, page594:
      Then rouſe up, myDivine Soul, who art ready for Eternal Glory, and bid the World a finalA-dieu, with all its fond Deluſions and gilded Baits of Folly: For the time is now at hand, when thou my moſt precious Jewel, muſt launch out into the Deep of Everlaſting Bliſs
  7. Relating todivinity ortheology.
    • 1692–1717,Robert South,Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume(please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      church history and otherdivine learning
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of or pertaining to a god
eternal, holy or otherwise godlike
of superhuman or surpassing excellence
beautiful, heavenly
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Noun

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divine (pluraldivines)

  1. One skilled indivinity; atheologian.
    • 1668,John Denham,The Progress of Learning:
      Poets were the firstdivines.
  2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
    • December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge,Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth
      The firstdivines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
  3. (often capitalized, with 'the')God or agod,particularly in itsaspect as atranscendentalconcept.
Synonyms
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theologian, cleric
a minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman—seepriest,‎clergyman
a deity—seedeity
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Etymology 2

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ReplacedMiddle Englishdevine,devin fromMiddle Frenchdeviner, fromLatindīvīnō.

Verb

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divine (third-person singular simple presentdivines,present participledivining,simple past and past participledivined)

  1. (transitive) Toforetell (something), especially by the use ofdivination.
  2. (transitive) Toguess ordiscover (something) throughintuition orinsight.
  3. (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using adivining rod.
  4. To render divine; todeify.
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foretell (something)
guess (something)
search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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divine

  1. femininesingular ofdivin

Italian

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Adjective

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divine

  1. feminineplural ofdivino

Latin

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Etymology

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Fromdīvīnus(“of divine origin”).

Adverb

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dīvīnē (comparativedīvīnius,superlativedīvīnissimē)

  1. prophetically, bydivineinspiration
  2. divinely,admirably

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References

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  • “divine”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “divine”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • divine inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Verb

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divine

  1. inflection ofdivinar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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