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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Divine

Dī-vīne', a.

adjective

a. [compar. DIVINER; superl. DIVINEST.] [Lat. divinus, divine, divinely inspired, from divus, deus, belonging to a deity, Gr. θεός; It., Sp., & Pg. divino, Fr. & Pr. divin.]

  1. Belonging to God; as, divine perfections. “The immensity of the divine nature.” Paley.
  2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.

A man resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection. Bacon.

  1. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
  2. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; extraordinary; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Davies.

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. 5. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill. Milton. 6. Relating to divinity or theology. “Church history and other divine learning.” South. Syn.—Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; holy; sacred.

Di-vīne', n.

noun

n. 1. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. Swift.

The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. J. Woodbridge.

Sense 2. A man skilled in divinity; a theologian; as, a great divine.

Di-vine', v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. DIVINED; p. pr. & vb. n. DIVINING.] [Lat. divinare, It. divinare, O. Sp. divinar, N. Sp. adivinar, Fr. deviner. See DIVINATION.]

  1. To foresee or foreknow; to predict; to presage; to detect. “A sagacity which divined the evil designs.” Bancroft.
  2. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] “Like angel new divined.” Spenser.

Syn.—To foretell; predict; presage; prognosticate; guess; conjecture.

Di-vine', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. 1. To use or practice divination. 2. To afford omens or auguries; to impart presages of the future; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah iii. 11. 3. To have presages or forebodings. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak. 4. To guess or conjecture; as, to divine rightly.