divine

di·vine  (d-vn)

adj. di·vin·er, di·vin·est

1.

a. Having the nature of or being a deity.

b. Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: sought divine guidance through meditation.

c. Being in the service or worship of a deity; sacred.

2. Superhuman; godlike.

3.

a. Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto.

b. Extremely pleasant; delightful: had a divine time at the ball.

4. Heavenly; perfect.

n.

1. A cleric.

2. A theologian.

v. di·vined, di·vin·ing, di·vines

v.tr.

1. To foretell through or as if through the art of divination. See Synonyms at foretell.

2.

a. To know by inspiration, intuition, or reflection.

b. To guess.

3. To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse.

v.intr.

1. To practice divination.

2. To guess.

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[Middle English, from Old French devine, from Latin dvnus, divine, foreseeing, from dvus, god; see dyeu- in Indo-European roots. V., Middle English divinen, from Old French deviner, from Latin dvnre, from dvnus.]

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di·vinely adv.

di·vineness n.

di·viner n.

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divine

Adjective

1. of God or a god

2. godlike

3. Informal splendid or perfect

Noun

a priest who is learned in theology

Verb

[-vining, -vined]

to discover (something) by intuition or guessing [Latin divus a god]

divinely adv
diviner n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Divine - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Lord, Maker, Jehovah Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity - the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead hypostasis of Christ, hypostasis - any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
	2.	divine - a clergyman or other person in religious orders churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church ordainer - a cleric who ordains; a cleric who admits someone to holy orders pardoner - a medieval cleric who raised money for the church by selling papal indulgences pluralist - a cleric who holds more than one benefice at a time
Verb	1.	divine - perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" chiromance - divine by reading someone's palms; "The Gypsies chiromanced"; "She refused to chiromance my fate"
	2.	divine - search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water" dowse - use a divining rod in search of underground water or metal look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
Adj.	1.	divine - emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review godly heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god
	2.	divine - resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" providential heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god
	3.	divine - being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe godlike heavenly - of or belonging to heaven or god
	4.	divine - devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy" sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
	5.	divine - appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref godlike superhuman - above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"
	6.	divine - being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" inspired, elysian glorious - having or deserving or conferring glory; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature"

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divine

adjective 1. heavenly, spiritual, holy, immortal, supernatural, celestial, angelic, superhuman, godlike, cherubic, seraphic, supernal (literary) paradisaical

adjective 2. sacred, religious, holy, spiritual, blessed, revered, venerable, hallowed, consecrated, sanctified

adjective 3. (Informal) wonderful, perfect, beautiful, excellent, lovely, stunning (informal) glorious, marvellous, splendid, gorgeous, delightful, exquisite, radiant, superlative, ravishing

noun 4. priest, minister, vicar, reverend, pastor, cleric, clergyman, curate, churchman, padre (informal) holy man, man of God, man of the cloth, ecclesiastic, father confessor

verb 5. guess, understand, suppose, suspect, perceive, discern, infer, deduce, apprehend, conjecture, surmise, foretell, intuit, prognosticate

verb 6. dowse, (for water or minerals)

Translations

divine [dɪˈvaɪn] adj → divino

vt [+ future] → vaticinar [+ truth]; alumbrar [+ water, metal]; descubrir, detectar

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divine [dɪˈvaɪn] adj → divin(e)

vt [+ future] → prédire [+ truth]; deviner, entrevoir [+ water, metal]; détecter la présence de (par l'intermédiaire de la radiesthésie)

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divine [dɪˈvaɪn] adj → göttlich

vt (future) → weissagen, prophezeien;

(truth) → erahnen;

(water, metal) → aufspüren

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divine [dɪˈvaɪn] adj → divino/a

vt [+ future] → divinare, predire [+ truth]; indovinare [+ water, metal]; individuare tramite radioestesia