divine

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• enPR: dĭ-vīnʹ, IPA^(key): /dɪˈvaɪn/

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Etymology 1

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus, from divus (“god”).

Adjective

divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine)

1. of or pertaining to a god
2. eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
3. of superhuman or surpassing excellence
4. beautiful, heavenly
5. (obsolete) foreboding; prescient
   • Milton

     Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.

6. Relating to divinity or theology.
   • South

     church history and other divine learning

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

Derived terms

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 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

of or pertaining to a god

• Bulgarian: божествен (bg) (božestven)
• Catalan: diví (ca)
• Czech: božský
• Danish: guddommelig
• Dutch: goddelijk (nl)
• Finnish: taivaallinen (fi), jumalallinen (fi), taivainen
• French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f
• German: göttlich (de)
• Hebrew: אֱלֹהִי (elohi)
• Hindi: दैवीय m (daiviya)
• Hungarian: isteni (hu)
• Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
• Latin: divinus (la) m, divus (la) m, diva, diva f, diva f, divina f
• Lithuanian: dieviškas

• Malay: tuhan, ketuhanan, ilahi, ilahiah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: guddommelig (no)

  Nynorsk: guddommeleg, guddomleg

• Polish: boski (pl)
• Portuguese: divino (pt)
• Russian: божественный (ru) (božéstv'ennyj), божий (ru) (bóžij)
• Slovene: božánski, božji
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski

• Spanish: divino (es)
• Swahili: -a kimungu
• Swedish: andlig (sv), gudomlig (sv), helig (sv), himmelsk (sv)
• Turkish: ilahi (tr)

eternal, holy or otherwise godlike

• Bulgarian: божествен (bg) (božestven), свръхестествен (bg) (svrǎhestestven)
• Finnish: ylimaallinen, pyhä (fi)
• German: göttlich (de)
• Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
• Lithuanian: dieviškas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: guddommelig (no)

• Russian: божественный (ru) (božéstv'ennyj)
• Slovene: božánski
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski

• Swedish: andlig (sv), helig (sv), övernaturlig (sv)
• Turkish: lahuti (tr)

of superhuman or surpassing excellence

• Bulgarian: божествен (bg) (božestven)
• Finnish: yli-inhimillinen (fi), jumalainen
• French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f
• German: göttlich (de)
• Hebrew: נשגב m
• Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f

• Lithuanian: dieviškas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: guddommelig (no), vidunderlig

• Russian: божественный (ru) (božéstv'ennyj), богоподобный (ru) (bogopodóbnyj)
• Swedish: gudomlig (sv), härlig (sv), underbar (sv)

beautiful, heavenly

• Bulgarian: небесен (bg) (nebesen)
• Catalan: diví (ca)
• Finnish: jumalainen, taivaallinen (fi)
• French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f
• German: göttlich (de)
• Hebrew: אלוהי (elohy)
• Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
• Lithuanian: dieviškas

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: guddommelig (no), himmelsk, vidunderlig

• Russian: божественный (ru) (božéstv'ennyj)
• Slovene: božanski
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski

• Spanish: divino (es)
• Swedish: gudomlig (sv), himmelsk (sv), underbar (sv)

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• Novial: (1) deal
• Turkish: ilahi (tr)

Noun

divine (plural divines)

1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
   • Denham

     Poets were the first divines.

2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
   • J. Woodbridge

     The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.

3. (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)

Derived terms

• archdivine
• school-divine

Translations

theologian, cleric

• Bulgarian: богослов m (bogoslov)
• Finnish: teologi (fi), jumaluusoppinut

• Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
• Swedish: andlig (sv) c

a deity — see deity

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• Estonian: jumalik
• French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f Doesn't seem to be a noun in French, except in the sense "a divine one"

Etymology 2

From Middle French deviner, from Latin divino.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination
   • Bancroft

     a sagacity which divined the evil designs

   • Shakespeare

     Darest thou […] divine his downfall?

2. (transitive) to guess (something)
   • 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

     no secret can be told
     To any who divined it not before

   • 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.

3. (transitive) to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
4. To render divine; to deify.
   • Spenser

     Living on earth like angel new divined.

Derived terms

derived terms

divinable divined divinement diviner divineress divining divinise, divinize divinister

Related terms

related terms

divinail divinal divination divinator divinatorial divinatory divinatrice divinify divinipotent divinise, divinize divinity predivine

Translations

foretell (something)

• Bulgarian: предсказвам (bg) (predskazvam)
• Finnish: ennustaa (fi), nähdä tulevaisuuteen
• French: prédire (fr)
• Neapolitan: addivinà

• Portuguese: adivinhar (pt)
• Russian: гадать (ru) impf (gadát'), погадать (ru) pf (pogadát')
• Swedish: förutsäga (sv), profetera (sv)

guess (something)

• Bulgarian: гадая (bg) (gadaja)
• Finnish: arvata (fi), aavistaa (fi)
• French: deviner (fr)

• Italian: indovinare (it)
• Portuguese: adivinhar (pt)

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

• Finnish: etsiä vettä varvun avulla

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

Anagrams

• dive in

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vin/

Adjective

divine

1. feminine form of divin

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Italian

Adjective

divine

1. feminine plural of divino

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Latin

Etymology

From dīvīnus (“of divine origin”)

Adverb

dīvīnē (comparative dīvīnius, superlative dīvīnissimē)

1. prophetically, by divine inspiration
2. divinely, admirably

Synonyms

• (divinely, admirably): dīvīnitus

Related terms

• dīvīnātiō
• dīvīnitās
• dīvīnitus
• dīvīnō
• dīvīnus

References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)