Definitions for divine
dɪˈvaɪndi·vine

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Webster Dictionary(3.63 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divine(adj)

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

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

2. Divine(adj)

   proceeding from God; as, divine judgments

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

3. Divine(adj)

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

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

4. Divine(adj)

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

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

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

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

6. Divine(adj)

   presageful; foreboding; prescient

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

7. Divine(adj)

   relating to divinity or theology

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

8. Divine(adj)

   one skilled in divinity; a theologian

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

9. Divine(adj)

   a minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman

   Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

10. Divine(verb)

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

    Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

11. Divine(verb)

    to foretell; to predict; to presage

    Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

12. Divine(verb)

    to render divine; to deify

    Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

13. Divine(verb)

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

    Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

14. Divine(verb)

    to have or feel a presage or foreboding

    Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

15. Divine(verb)

    to conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly

    Etymology: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

Freebase(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divine

   Divine, born Harris Glenn Milstead, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. Associated with independent filmmaker John Waters, he was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical appearances, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career; People magazine described him as the "Drag Queen of the Century". Born in Maryland to a conservative, middle-class family, he embraced the counterculture of the 1960s and became involved with Waters's acting troupe, the Dreamlanders, starring in early Waters films Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. Hits on the U.S. midnight movie circuit, the films became cult classics. In the 1970s, Divine moved to theater, appearing with The Cockettes before performing in Women Behind Bars and The Neon Woman. Continuing cinematic work, he starred in Polyester, Lust in the Dust and Hairspray. In 1981 Divine embarked on a disco career producing Hi-NRG tracks, most written by Bobby Orlando, achieving global chart success with hits like "You Think You're a Man", "I'm So Beautiful" and "Walk Like a Man". Divine died in Los Angeles, California from cardiomegaly in 1988.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Divine

   di-vīn′, adj. belonging to or proceeding from God: devoted to God's service: holy: sacred: excellent in the highest degree.—n. one skilled in divine things: a minister of the gospel: a theologian.—v.t. to foresee or foretell as if divinely inspired: to guess or make out.—v.i. to profess or practise divination: to have forebodings.—ns. Divinā′tion, the act or practice of divining: instinctive prevision: prediction: conjecture; Div′inātor, Divīn′er, one who divines or professes divination: a conjecturer:—fem. Divin′eress.—adjs. Divinatō′rial, Divin′a-tory, relating to divination, conjectural.—adv. Divine′ly.—ns. Divine′ness; Divin′ing-rod, a rod, usually of hazel, used by those professing to discover water or metals under ground.—vs.t. Div′inise, Divin′ify, to treat as divine. [Fr.,—L. divinus, from divus, deus, a god.]

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. divine

   The intuitive knowing we are all spiritual beings having a human experience on earth.

   The divine means each and every soul on this earth.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

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1. divine

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'divine' in Adjectives Frequency: #872

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of divine in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of divine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of divine in a Sentence

1. Ehsan Sehgal:

   The mind-reading is only a human magical ability and knowledge to figure out someone's thoughts, emotions, and body language while spiritual inspiration comes from divine lights towards blessed people, there is the evil inspiration too. Between that, one has to use his wisdom to see and feel good and the bad.

2. Michael Pupin:

   Truth is beautiful and divine no matter how humble its origin.

3. Chuzy:

   Knowledge is acquired,wisdom is inspired. Knowledge is obtained from studying other people's discoveries. But wisdom is directly from divine. Education can give you knowledge, but only meditation can give wisdom . And that's the difference

4. Elie Wiesel:

   There is divine beauty in learning, just as there is human beauty in tolerance. To learn means to accept the postulate that life did not begin at my birth. Others have been here before me, and I walk in their footsteps. The books I have read were composed by generations of fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, teachers and disciples. I am the sum total of their experiences, their quests. And so are you.

5. Ileana Adriana Stan:

   Jesus, as someone divine, must go.

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