divine
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Old French devin, from Latin dīvīnus, from divus (“god”).
[edit] Adjective
divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine)
- of or pertaining to a god
- eternal, holy, or otherwise supernatural.
- of superhuman or surpassing excellence
- beautiful, heavenly
[edit] 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
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- (of or pertaining to a god): undivine, ungodly
- (eternal, holy): godless, secular
- (of superhuman or surpassing excellence): humdrum, mediocre, ordinary
- (beautiful, heavenly): horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasant
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Terms derived from divine
[edit] Translations
of or pertaining to a god
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eternal, holy or otherwise supernatural
of superhuman or surpassing excellence
beautiful, heavenly
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[edit] Noun
divine (plural divines)
- a theologian or cleric
- (the Divine) a metaphor for a deity, especially the Christian one.
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- (theologian, cleric): clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian
- (a deity): Allah (Muslim), deity, god, God (Christian)
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theologian, cleric
a deity — see deity
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Middle French deviner, from Latin divinare.
[edit] 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 (something)
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- no secret can be told
To any who divined it not before
- no secret can be told
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 250c.
- I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- (transitive) to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
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related terms
[edit] Translations
foretell (something)
guess (something)
[edit] Related terms
- a lo divino
- baculus divinatorius
- divinistre
- Divinópolis
- Divinópolis de Goiás
- La Divina
- lectio divina
- Liposcelis divinatorius
- Salvia divinorum
- São José do Divino
- virgula divina
- voce divinare
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divine f.
- feminine form of divin
[edit] Italian
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divine
- feminine plural form of divino
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From dīvīnus (“of divine origin”)
[edit] Adverb
dīvīnē (comparative dīvīnius, superlative dīvīnissimē)
[edit] Synonyms
- (divinely, admirably): dīvīnitus
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[edit] References
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
