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Definition of 'divination'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) divination
the practice of seeking to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.

2. divination
intuitive perception; instinctive foresight.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME divinacioun (< AF) < L dīvīnātiō=dīvīnāre to practice divination, divine+-tiō -tion)

Definition of 'divination'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) divination
successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

2. (noun) prophecy, divination
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

3. (noun) divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

Definition of 'divination'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) divination
the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means

2. (noun) divination
an indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction

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