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divine en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈvaɪn/
  • dĭ-vīnʹ

Etymology

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a god.
    • a divine being
    • divine existence
  2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
    • divine power
  3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
    • Divine decadence darling! 1972, Jay Presson Allen, Cabaret, spoken by Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli):
    • divine skill
  4. Beautiful, heavenly.
  5. (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
    • Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him. 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  6. (obsolete, of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death
    • 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 1703, Charles Povey, Meditations of a Divine Soul: Or, the Chriſtian’s Guide, Amidſt the Various Opinions of a vain World, page 594:
    • (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. 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age, Part 2:
    • 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. 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, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
  7. Relating to divinity or theology.
    • church history and other divine learning 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

Forms

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more divine Degree=Cmp lexicographic
Divine alternative lexicographic
most divine Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

nondivine · horrid · undivine · mediocre · undivine · ungodly · godless · humdrum · ordinary · secular · nasty · unpleasant · ungodly · ungodlike · horrible · ungodly

Deriveds

divinely · divine kingship · argument from divine hiddenness · undivinelike · semidivine · divine retribution · divine guidance · divine command theory · divine judgment · Divine Mother · divinization · divine coincidence · divine messenger · divine machinery · divine contentment · Divine Life Society · to err is human, to forgive divine · Gate of Divine Might · all-divine · divine service · divine simplicity · semi-divine · divinelike · divine inspiration · Society of the Divine Savior · divine office · indivine · divinish · divine judgement · divine intervention · Revelation of Saint John the Divine · Mother Divine · divine kings · divine spark · Divine Mind · antidivine · Divine Mystery · The Divine Comedy · Feast of the Divine Mercy · Divine Providence · divine section · Divine Unity · nondivine · Book of Divine Worship · divine language · divine will healing · divineness · Gate of Divine Prowess · metadivine · demidivine · divine ratio · divine revelation · divine right · divine lady · divinisation · undivine · superdivine · divine healing · divinesse · divine countenance · divine polity · divine rule · Divine Word Missionaries · Divine Office · subdivine · Divine Adoratrice of Amun · divine fallacy · divine grace · Divine Liturgy · The Divine Praises · divine proportion · countenance divine · The Church of Divine Science · divine afflatus · Divine Mercy Sunday · divine move · divine law

Hyponyms

omnicompetent · all-knowing · plenipotential · omnipotent · all-seeing · omnivident · all-loving · omniscient · plenipotent · almighty · plenipotentiary · omnipresent · benevolent · all-present · all-powerful · omnibenevolent · omnisufficient

Relateds

heavenly · celestial

Synonyms

fantabulous · supercalifragilisticexpialidocious · attractive · beatific · beautiful · selly · divine · presagious · majestic · godlike · blessed · godly · blessed · mirandous · knockout · bewildering · lovely · divine · impressive · elect · celestial · fabulous · star-crossed · hallowed · sheen · enchanting · heavenly · heavenly · exquisite · lovesome · handsome · supreme · boding · delightful · magnificent · good enough to eat · fetching · good-looking · fine-looking · unbelievable · ominous · marvellous/marvelous · swanlike · grandiose · devoutful · inauspicious · captivating · finger-lickin' good · major · ill-starred · ill-omened · fair · sullen · divine · divine · breathtaking · hallowed · frabjous · lovely jubbly · bodeful · grand · pulchritudinous · omenic · mystifying · godlike · wonderful · shapely · holy · cute · well-favoured · grandeur · sanctimonious · ultimate · heavenlike · fatal · wondrous · sightly · sacred · deific · beautiful · awesome · phenomenal · prodigious · sinister · lustrious · prettiful · luxurious · blissful · saved · stupendous · comely · extraordinary · deific · portentous · exquisite · ill-fated · dire · beautimous · celestial · inspiring · wild · ill-boding · beat · yuriful · baleful · great · godly · stupefying · portentous · nice-looking · nefastous · heavenly · sacred · disastrous · augurous · beauteous · holy · beautifool · foreboding · inauspicious · pretty · winsome · nice · lovely · splendid · fascinating · brooding · bonnie · bona vardering · heavenly · delightful · fantabulosa · inauspicate · esculent · stunning · personable · based · divine · godly · presageful

Translations (193)

hu isteni (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · tr lahuti (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · uk бо́жий (of or pertaining to a god) · fi ylimaallinen (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · fr divin (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · gv niauoil (of or pertaining to a god) · got 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (of or pertaining to a god) · fi yli-inhimillinen (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · bg свръхесте́ствен (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · la divus (of or pertaining to a god) · sh božànskī (of or pertaining to a god) · pl boży (of or pertaining to a god) · it divina (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · fi jumalainen (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · kk құдайлық (of or pertaining to a god) · gv flaunyssagh (of or pertaining to a god) · bg бо́жи (of or pertaining to a god) · tl binathala (of or pertaining to a god) · bg боже́ствен (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · gl divino (of or pertaining to a god) · nb himmelsk (beautiful, heavenly) · hi अपौरुषेय (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · bn আসমানী (beautiful, heavenly) · fi taivainen (of or pertaining to a god) · es divino (of or pertaining to a god) · grc θεῖος (of or pertaining to a god) · af goddelik (beautiful, heavenly) · sv himmelsk (of or pertaining to a god) · el θεϊκός (beautiful, heavenly) · sw -a kimungu (of or pertaining to a god) · it divino (beautiful, heavenly) · de göttlich (of or pertaining to a god) · kk иләһи (of or pertaining to a god) · eo dieca (beautiful, heavenly) · hu istenszerű (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · gl divino (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · th เหนือมนุษย์ (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · uk богоподі́бний (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · be бо́скі (of or pertaining to a god) · sl božánski (of or pertaining to a god) · as দিব্য (of or pertaining to a god) · ang godcund (beautiful, heavenly) · el θεσπέσιος (beautiful, heavenly) · af goddelik (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sv helig (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · grc δῖος (of or pertaining to a god) · hu isteni (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · id ilahi (of or pertaining to a god) · sv gudomlig (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · cmn 神的 (of or pertaining to a god) · sv övernaturlig (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · tl mabathala (of or pertaining to a god) · dsb bóžy (of or pertaining to a god) · it divina (beautiful, heavenly) · fi jumalallinen (of or pertaining to a god) · nn guddommeleg (of or pertaining to a god) · ru богоподо́бный (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · el θαυμάσιος (beautiful, heavenly) · ms tuhan (of or pertaining to a god) · cs božský (of or pertaining to a god) · nb guddommelig (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sa दिव्य (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · bg боже́ствен (of or pertaining to a god) · da guddommelig (of or pertaining to a god) · fr divin (of or pertaining to a god) · nb guddommelig (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · uk боже́ственний (of or pertaining to a god) · sv andlig (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · hi दिव्य (of or pertaining to a god) · sa दिव्य (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · la divinus (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · ang godcund (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · ms ilahiah (of or pertaining to a god) · ms ketuhanan (of or pertaining to a god) · eo dia (of or pertaining to a god) · nb guddommelig (beautiful, heavenly) · el θεϊκός (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · la divinus (of or pertaining to a god) · ru боже́ственный (of or pertaining to a god) · sq hyjnor (of or pertaining to a god) · hu Isten-… (of or pertaining to a god) · sv härlig (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · fr divine (of or pertaining to a god) · mk божествен (of or pertaining to a god) · dsb bóžy (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sl božánski (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · de göttlich (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · hi दिव्य (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sq hyjnore (of or pertaining to a god) · hu felséges (beautiful, heavenly) · it divina (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sv underbar (beautiful, heavenly) · is guðdómlegur (of or pertaining to a god) · hi दिव्य (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · ang godcund (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · ru боже́ственный (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · dsb bogojski (of or pertaining to a god) · hu isteni (of or pertaining to a god) · nl goddelijk (of or pertaining to a god) · sh бо̏жјӣ (of or pertaining to a god) · es divino (beautiful, heavenly) · ar إِلٰهِيّ (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · pt divino (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · he נשגב (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · de göttlich (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · it divino (of or pertaining to a god) · cs boží (of or pertaining to a god) · gv flaunyssagh (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · el θείος (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · id surgawi (beautiful, heavenly) · sq hyjnore (beautiful, heavenly) · sv helig (of or pertaining to a god) · gv niauoil (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · it divino (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · uk боже́ственний (beautiful, heavenly) · lt dieviškas (beautiful, heavenly) · gv jeeoil (of or pertaining to a god) · sh bȍžjī (of or pertaining to a god) · got 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · el θείος (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · hu isteni (beautiful, heavenly) · it divino (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · sv underbar (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · pt divino (of or pertaining to a god) · pt divino (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · fi pyhä (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · ar إِلٰهِيّ (of or pertaining to a god) · tr ilahi (of or pertaining to a god) · uk надісто́тний (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · af goddelik (of or pertaining to a god) · sk boží (of or pertaining to a god) · dsb bogojski (beautiful, heavenly) · it divina (of or pertaining to a god) · sv andlig (of or pertaining to a god) · be бо́жы (of or pertaining to a god) · hu fenséges (beautiful, heavenly) · uk боже́ственний (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · hu isten… (of or pertaining to a god) · sh божа̀нскӣ (of or pertaining to a god) · sl božanski (beautiful, heavenly) · ca diví (of or pertaining to a god) · lt dieviškas (of or pertaining to a god) · ru сверхъесте́ственный (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · th บัณฑิต (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · hi दिव्य (beautiful, heavenly) · lt dieviškas (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · sl božji (of or pertaining to a god) · nb vidunderlig (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · af goddelik (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · ru боже́ственный (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · dsb bóžy (beautiful, heavenly) · de göttlich (beautiful, heavenly) · mk божји (of or pertaining to a god) · lt dieviškas (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · fr divine (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) · uk надісто́тний (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sv gudomlig (beautiful, heavenly) · fr divin (beautiful, heavenly) · ang godcund (of or pertaining to a god) · fr divine (beautiful, heavenly) · fi taivaallinen (of or pertaining to a god) · ca diví (beautiful, heavenly) · hu pompás (beautiful, heavenly) · sv himmelsk (beautiful, heavenly) · te దైవ (of or pertaining to a god) · sq hyjnor (beautiful, heavenly) · grc θεῖος (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · dsb bogojski (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · pl boski (of or pertaining to a god) · sa दिव्य (of or pertaining to a god) · gv jeeoil (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · el θείος (of or pertaining to a god) · pt divino (beautiful, heavenly) · oc divin (of or pertaining to a god) · fi taivaallinen (beautiful, heavenly) · he אֱלֹהִי (beautiful, heavenly) · ms ilahi (of or pertaining to a god) · bn এলাহী (of or pertaining to a god) · tl dibino (of or pertaining to a god) · he אֱלֹהִי (of or pertaining to a god) · bg небе́сен (beautiful, heavenly) · nb guddommelig (of or pertaining to a god) · nn guddomleg (of or pertaining to a god) · sk božský (of or pertaining to a god) · bg боже́ствен (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · ru бо́жий (of or pertaining to a god) · fi jumalainen (beautiful, heavenly) · el θεϊκός (of or pertaining to a god) · hu mennyei (beautiful, heavenly) · bn এলাহী (eternal, holy or otherwise godlike) · sv gudomlig (of or pertaining to a god) · nb vidunderlig (beautiful, heavenly) · ru боже́ственный (beautiful, heavenly)

divine en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈvaɪn/
  • dĭ-vīnʹ

Etymology

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

Meanings

  1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
    • Poets were the first divines. 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning:
  2. 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.
  3. (capitalized, often, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

Forms

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divines Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

school-divine · archdivine

Synonyms

Allah (a deity) · god (a deity) · theologian (theologian, cleric) · deity (a deity) · clergyman (theologian, cleric) · God (a deity) · cleric (theologian, cleric) · man of the cloth (theologian, cleric)

Translations (15)

it divino (theologian, cleric) · hu teológus (theologian, cleric) · ru богосло́в (theologian, cleric) · fi teologi (theologian, cleric) · it divina (theologian, cleric) · uk тео́лог (theologian, cleric) · el θεολόγος (theologian, cleric) · gv agglishagh (theologian, cleric) · ar رَجُلُ دِينٍ (theologian, cleric) · bg богослов (theologian, cleric) · fi jumaluusoppinut (theologian, cleric) · sv andlig (theologian, cleric) · uk богосло́в (theologian, cleric) · ar رِجالُ دِينٍ (theologian, cleric) · ga diagaire (theologian, cleric)

divine en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /dɪˈvaɪn/
  • dĭ-vīnʹ

Etymology

Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
    • Darest thou […] divine his downfall? 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, [Act III, scene iv]:
    • a sagacity which divined the evil designs 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
  2. (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
    • no secret can be told To any who divined it not before 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:
    • 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. 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 43”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
    • I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are. 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, 250c:
    • From time to time Mr. Big would have her brought over to the room where Bond had seen him. There she would be told to divine whether some man or woman, generally bound to the chair, was lying or not. 1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 122:
  3. (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
  4. To render divine; to deify.
    • Living on earth like angel new divined. 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard,Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier. […], London: […] [Thomas Orwin] for William Ponsonby, […], →OCLC:

Forms

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divined Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
divined Tense=Past lexicographic
divining Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
divines Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

divined · divinister · divinize · divinement · divineress · divinise · diviner · divining · divinable

Relateds

divinatrice · divinal · divinize · Divinópolis · divinise · Liposcelis divinatorius (Expressions) · divinipotent · lectio divina (Expressions) · divinator · La Divina (Expressions) · predivine · a lo divino (Expressions) · baculus divinatorius (Expressions) · divinail · divinistre · São José do Divino (Expressions) · virgula divina (Expressions) · divinatorial · divinatory · divination · divinity · Divinópolis de Goiás (Expressions) · divinify · voce divinare (Expressions) · Salvia divinorum (Expressions)

Translations (39)

ru погада́ть (foretell (something)) · el μαντεύω (guess (something)) · nap addivinà (foretell (something)) · de prophezeien (foretell (something)) · la hariolor (foretell (something)) · it indovinare (guess (something)) · hu megsejt (guess (something)) · nl wichelen (search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod) · fi ennustaa (foretell (something)) · fi etsiä vettä varvun avulla (search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod) · bg предсказвам (foretell (something)) · gl adiviñar (guess (something)) · fi aavistaa (guess (something)) · fr deviner (guess (something)) · hu megjósol (foretell (something)) · oc devinar (guess (something)) · fi arvata (guess (something)) · sv profetera (foretell (something)) · pt adivinhar (guess (something)) · hu jósol (foretell (something)) · sv förutsäga (foretell (something)) · pt adivinhar (foretell (something)) · el μαντεύω (foretell (something)) · gl adiviñar (foretell (something)) · hu sejt (guess (something)) · ru гада́ть (foretell (something)) · cmn 預言 /预言 (foretell (something)) · hu megérez (guess (something)) · grc μαντεύομαι (foretell (something)) · es adivinar (guess (something)) · oc endevinar (foretell (something)) · es adivinar (foretell (something)) · es divinar (foretell (something)) · fr prédire (foretell (something)) · bg гадая (guess (something)) · de erahnen (guess (something)) · nl waarzeggen (foretell (something)) · fi nähdä tulevaisuuteen (foretell (something)) · de erraten (guess (something))