Definitions for Divinedɪˈvaɪn

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

di•vinedɪˈvaɪn(adj.)-vin•er, -vin•est

  1. (adj.)of, like, or from a god, esp. the Supreme Being.

    Category: Religion

  2. addressed or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred:

    divine worship.

    Category: Religion

  3. heavenly; celestial:

    the divine kingdom.

  4. Informal. extremely good; unusually lovely.

    Category: Informal

  5. being a god; being God.

  6. of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

  7. Obs. of or pertaining to divinity or theology.

    Category: Religion

  8. (n.)a theologian; scholar in religion.

    Category: Religion

  9. a priest or cleric.

    Category: Religion

  10. the Divine, God. the spiritual aspect in humans regarded as godly or godlike.

    Category: Religion

  11. (v.t.)to discover or declare by divination; prophesy.

  12. to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.

  13. to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture.

  14. Archaic. to portend.

  15. (v.i.)to use or practice divination; prophesy.

  16. to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.

Origin of divine:

1275–1325; 蠐 L dīvīnus=dīv(us) god +-īnus -ine1; (v.) ME (< OF deviner ) < L dīvīnāre, der. of dīvīnus

di•vine′ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah(noun)

    terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

  2. cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic(adj)

    a clergyman or other person in religious orders

  3. divine, godly(adj)

    emanating from God

    "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review

  4. providential, divine(adj)

    resulting from divine providence

    "providential care"; "a providential visitation"

  5. divine, godlike(adj)

    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

  6. divine(adj)

    devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

    "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"

  7. divine, godlike(adj)

    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

  8. divine, elysian, inspired(verb)

    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"

  9. divine(verb)

    perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

  10. divine(verb)

    search by divining, as if with a rod

    "He claimed he could divine underground water"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. divine(adjective)ɪˈvaɪn

    relating to a god

Webster Dictionary

  1. Divine(adj)

    of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will

  2. Divine(adj)

    proceeding from God; as, divine judgments

  3. Divine(adj)

    appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship

  4. Divine(adj)

    pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods

  5. Divine(adj)

    godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies

  6. Divine(adj)

    presageful; foreboding; prescient

  7. Divine(adj)

    relating to divinity or theology

  8. Divine(adj)

    one skilled in divinity; a theologian

  9. Divine(adj)

    a minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman

  10. Divine(verb)

    to foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture

  11. Divine(verb)

    to foretell; to predict; to presage

  12. Divine(verb)

    to render divine; to deify

  13. Divine(verb)

    to use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications

  14. Divine(verb)

    to have or feel a presage or foreboding

  15. Divine(verb)

    to conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly


Translations for Divine

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

divine(adjective)

of or belonging to God or a god

divine wisdom.

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