DIVINEST
Adjective
divinest
superlative form of divine: most divine
Source: Wiktionary
DIVINE
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