DIVINE

divine, elysian, inspired

(adjective) 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”

divine, godly

(adjective) emanating from God; “divine judgment”; “divine guidance”; “everything is black or white...satanic or godly”-Saturday Review

divine, godlike

(adjective) 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

providential, divine

(adjective) resulting from divine providence; “providential care”; “a providential visitation”

divine, godlike

(adjective) 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

divine

(adjective) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; “divine worship”; “divine liturgy”

Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah

(noun) terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic

(noun) a clergyman or other person in religious orders

divine

(verb) search by divining, as if with a rod; “He claimed he could divine underground water”

divine

(verb) perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine)

Of or pertaining to a god.

Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

Beautiful, heavenly.

(obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.

(obsolete, of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death

Relating to divinity or theology.

Synonyms

• (of or pertaining to a god): deific, godlike, godly

• (eternal, holy): hallowed, holy, sacred

• (of superhuman or surpassing excellence): supreme, ultimate

• (beautiful, heavenly): beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderful

Antonyms

• (of or pertaining to a god): undivine, ungodly

• (eternal, holy): godless, secular, ungodly

• (of superhuman or surpassing excellence): humdrum, mediocre, ordinary

• (beautiful, heavenly): horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasant

Noun

divine (plural divines)

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

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

(often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

Synonyms

• (theologian, cleric): clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian

• (a deity): deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)

Etymology 2

Verb

divine (third-person singular simple present divines, present participle divining, simple past and past participle divined)

(transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

(transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.

(transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.

To render divine; to deify.

Anagrams

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Proper noun

Divine (plural Divines)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Divine is the 10890^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2926 individuals. Divine is most common among White (84.07%) individuals.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

Di*vine", a. Etym: [Compar. Diviner (; superl. Divinest.] Etym: [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. deus, God. See Deity.]

1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.

2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.

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

4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.

5. 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. "The divine Desdemona." Shak. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.

6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. Milton.

7. Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South.

Syn.

– Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; preëminent.

Di*vine", n. Etym: [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.]

1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham.

2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. J. Woodbridge.

Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.] Etym: [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.]

1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft.

2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall Shak.

3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. Spenser.

Syn.

– To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.

Di*vine", v. i.

1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah iii. 11.

2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak.

3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

DIVINE

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