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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.
Adjective[edit]
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.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book 8”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
- (obsolete, of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
- Now Thomas Mowbray do I turne to thee,
And marke my greeting well: for what I ſpeake,
My body ſhall make good vpon this earth,
Or my diuine ſoule anſwer it in heauen.
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age, Part 2:
- (Of that at leaſure) but the bloody ſtage
On which to act, Generall this night is thine,
Thou lyeſt downe mortall, who muſt riſe diuine.
- (Of that at leaſure) but the bloody ſtage
- 1703, Charles Povey, Meditations of a Divine Soul: Or, the Chriſtian’s Guide, Amidſt the Various Opinions of a vain World, page 594:
- Then rouſe up, my Divine Soul, who art ready for Eternal Glory, and bid the World a final A-dieu, with all its fond Deluſions and gilded Baits of Folly: For the time is now at hand, when thou my moſt precious Jewel, muſt launch out into the Deep of Everlaſting Bliſs
- Relating to divinity or theology.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:
- church history and other divine learning
Synonyms[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (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
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from divine
- all-divine
- argument from divine hiddenness
- Book of Divine Worship
- The Church of God in Divine Order
- The Church of Divine Science
- countenance divine
- Divine Adoratrice of Amun
- divine afflatus
- The Divine Comedy
- divine command theory
- divine contentment
- divine countenance
- divine fallacy
- divine grace
- divine guidance
- divine healing
- divine inspiration
- divine intervention
- divine judgement, divine judgment
- divine kings
- divine kingship
- divine lady
- divine language
- divine law
- Divine Life Society
- Divine Liturgy
- divinely
- Divine Mercy Sunday
- divine messenger
- Divine Mind
- Divine Mother
- divine move
- Divine Mystery
- divineness
- Divine Office, divine office
- divine polity
- The Divine Praises
- divine proportion
- Divine Providence
- divine ratio
- divine retribution
- divine revelation
- divine right
- divine rule
- divine section
- divine service
- divine simplicity
- divine spark
- divinesse
- Divine Unity
- divine will healing
- Divine Word Missionaries
- Feast of the Divine Mercy
- Gate of Divine Might, Gate of Divine Prowess
- indivine
- Mother Divine
- Revelation of Saint John the Divine
- semi-divine, semidivine
- Society of the Divine Savior
- subdivine
- to err is human, to forgive divine
- undivine
- undivinelike
Translations[edit]
of or pertaining to a god
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eternal, holy or otherwise godlike
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of superhuman or surpassing excellence
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beautiful, heavenly
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Noun[edit]
divine (plural divines)
- One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- Poets were the first divines.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
- December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth
- The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
- December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth
- (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
Synonyms[edit]
- (theologian, cleric): clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian
- (a deity): deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
theologian, cleric
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a deity — see deity
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Etymology 2[edit]
Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.
Verb[edit]
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.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:
- Darest thou […] divine his downfall?
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
- 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
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 43
- If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.
- 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.
- To render divine; to deify.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard, […], London: […] [Thomas Orwin] for William Ponsonby, […], OCLC 1313294130:
- Living on earth like angel new divined.
Derived terms[edit]
derived terms
Related terms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
foretell (something)
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guess (something)
search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
Related terms[edit]
- 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
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
divine
Italian[edit]
Adjective[edit]
divine
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dīvīnus (“of divine origin”)
Adverb[edit]
dīvīnē (comparative dīvīnius, superlative dīvīnissimē)
Synonyms[edit]
- (divinely, admirably): dīvīnitus
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “divine”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “divine”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- divine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
divine
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