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diviningnoun
The action of the verb to divine in any sense.
diviningadjective
That or who divines (in any sense of the verb).
Wikipedia
divining
Divination (from Latin divinare, 'to foresee, to foretell, to predict, to prophesy') is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact or interaction with a supernatural agency. Divination can be seen as a systematic method with which to organize what appears to be disjointed, random facets of existence such that they provide insight into a problem at hand. If a distinction is to be made between divination and fortune-telling, divination has a more formal or ritualistic element and often contains a more social character, usually in a religious context, as seen in traditional African medicine. Fortune-telling, on the other hand, is a more everyday practice for personal purposes. Particular divination methods vary by culture and religion. Divination has long been criticized. In the modern era, it has been dismissed by the scientific community and skeptics as being superstitious; experiments do not support the idea that divination techniques can actually predict the future more reliably or precisely than would be possible without it. In antiquity it was attacked by philosophers such as the Academic skeptic Cicero in De Divinatione and the Pyrrhonist Sextus Empiricus in Against the Astrologers. The satirist Lucian devoted an essay to Alexander the false prophet.
Webster Dictionary
Divining
of Divine
Diviningadjective
that divines; for divining
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of divining in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of divining in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of divining in a Sentence
Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel.
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