Definitions for divine
dɪˈvaɪndi·vine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovahnoun

   terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

2. cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiasticadjective

   a clergyman or other person in religious orders

3. divine, godlyadjective

   emanating from God

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

4. providential, divineadjective

   resulting from divine providence

   "providential care"; "a providential visitation"

5. divine, godlikeadjective

   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. divineadjective

   devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

   "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"

7. divine, godlikeadjective

   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, inspiredverb

   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. divineverb

   perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

10. divineverb

    search by divining, as if with a rod

    "He claimed he could divine underground water"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIVINEadjective

   Etymology: divinus, Latin.

   1. Partaking of the nature of God.

   Her line
   Was hero-make, half human, half divine. Dryden.

   2. Proceeding from God; not natural; not human.

   The benefit of nature’s light is not thought excluded as unnecessary, because the necessity of a divine light is magnified. Richard Hooker.

   Instructed, you’d explore
   Divine contrivance, and a God adore. Richard Blackmore, Creation.

   3. Excellent in a supreme degree.

   The divinest and richest mind,
   Both by art’s purchase and by nature’s dower,
   That ever was from heav’n to earth confin’d. Davies.

   4. Presageful; divining; prescient.

   Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
   Misgave him; he the fault’ring measure felt. John Milton, Pa. Lost.

2. Divinenoun

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

   Claudio must die to-morrow: let him be furnished with divines, and have all charitable preparation. William Shakespeare, Meas. for Meas.

   Give Martius leave to proceed in his discourse; for he spoke like a divine in armour. Francis Bacon, Holy War.

   A divine has nothing to say to the wisest congregation, which he may not express in a manner to be understood by the meanest among them. Jonathan Swift.

   2. A man skilled in divinity; a theologian.

   Th’ eternal cause in their immortal lines
   Was taught, and poets were the first divines. John Denham.

3. To Divineverb

   Etymology: divino, Latin.

   1. To foretell; to foreknow; to presage.

   Why do’st thou say king Richard is depos’d?
   Dar’st thou, thou little better thing than earth,
   Divine his downfall? William Shakespeare.

4. To Divineverb

   1. To utter prognostication.

   Then is Cæsar and he knit together. —— —— If I were to divine of this unity, I would not prophesy so. William Shakespeare.

   The prophets thereof divine for money. Mic. iii. 11.

   2. To feel presages.

   If secret powers
   Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts,
   This pretty lad will prove our country’s bliss. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   3. To conjecture; to guess.

   The best of commentators can but guess at his meaning; none can be certain he has divined rightly. John Dryden, Juv. Dedic.

   He took it with a bow, and soon divin’d
   The seeming toy was not for nought design’d. John Dryden, Fables.

   In change of torment would be ease,
   Could you divine what lovers bear;
   Even you, Prometheus, would confess
   There is no virtue like despair. George Granville.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divine

   Divinity or the divine are things that are either related to, devoted to, or proceeding from a deity. What is or is not divine may be loosely defined, as it is used by different belief systems.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.6 / 8 votes

1. Divineadjective

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

2. Divineadjective

   proceeding from God; as, divine judgments

3. Divineadjective

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

4. Divineadjective

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

5. Divineadjective

   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. Divineadjective

   presageful; foreboding; prescient

7. Divineadjective

   relating to divinity or theology

8. Divineadjective

   one skilled in divinity; a theologian

9. Divineadjective

   a minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman

10. Divineverb

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

11. Divineverb

    to foretell; to predict; to presage

12. Divineverb

    to render divine; to deify

13. Divineverb

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

14. Divineverb

    to have or feel a presage or foreboding

15. Divineverb

    to conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly

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

FreebaseRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:3.6 / 5 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIVINE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Divine is ranked #10890 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Divine surname appeared 2,926 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Divine.
   
   84% or 2,460 total occurrences were White.
   7.7% or 228 total occurrences were Black.
   3.5% or 104 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 70 total occurrences were Asian.
   1.7% or 51 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.4% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

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

How to pronounce divine?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say divine in sign language?

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. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

2. Natalie Grace Smith:

   You are safe, loved and divine beautiful soul.

3. Sharmin Hossain:

   When I'm in a mosque, I'm not thinking,' Oh, I'm a queer Muslim. May Allah forgive me and accept my prayers,' i go into the mosque knowing that I'm a divine creature of the most Divine, and May Allah knows that I worship May Allah and May Allah only, and I'm here to do that and not a sinner because I exist as a queer Muslim.

4. AiR Atman in Ravi:

   We live in darkness, in ignorance we are bound,Until the Divine light in our Soul is found. This is Enlightenment, this is Salvation,In simple words, it is Liberation.

5. Pablo Casals:

   Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.

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