All 21 Uses of
divine
in
Harry Potter (#3) and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Most important of all, he had to buy his new schoolbooks, which would include those for his two new subjects, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination.†
Chpt 4
- "Ah, starting Divination, are you?" said the manager, stripping off his gloves and leading Harry into the back of the shop, where there was a corner devoted to fortune-telling.†
Chpt 4
- Those are my books for Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, the Study of Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies —†
Chpt 4
- " 'Sibyll Trelawney, Divination teacher," ' Harry read.†
Chpt 6
- "Welcome to Divination," said Professor Trelawney, who had seated herself in a winged armchair in front of the fire.†
Chpt 6
- Professor Trelawney delicately rearranged her shawl and continued, "So you have chosen to study Divination, the most difficult of all magical arts.†
Chpt 6
- We will be covering the basic methods of Divination this year.†
Chpt 6
- It took them so long to find her classroom that, early as they had left Divination, they were only just in time.†
Chpt 6
- "Please, Professor, we've just had our first Divination class, and we were reading the tea leaves, and —"†
Chpt 6
- Divination is one of the most imprecise branches of magic. ... True Seers are very rare,
Chpt 6 *divination = to predict or discover something supernaturally
- "I think Divination seems very woolly," she said, searching for her page.†
Chpt 6
- If being good at Divination means I have to pretend to see death omens in a lump of tea leaves, I'm not sure I'll be studying it much longer!†
Chpt 6
- The first Divination lesson of the new term was much less fun; Professor Trelawney was now teaching them palmistry, and she lost no time in informing Harry that he had the shortest life line she had ever seen.†
Chpt 12
- And Ernie McMillan told me she's never missed a Muggle Studies class, but half of them are at the same time as Divination, and she's never missed one of them either!†
Chpt 12
- Divination, but it's not for another twenty minutes," said Harry.†
Chpt 15
- I'd better go and see Professor Flitwick and say sorry… I'll see you in Divination!†
Chpt 15
- I am sorry to say that from the moment you have arrived in this class my dear, it has been apparent that you do not have what the noble art of Divination requires.†
Chpt 15
- Even without Divination, she was taking more subjects than anybody else.†
Chpt 15
- Harry's and Ron's last exam was Divination; Hermione's, Muggle Studies.†
Chpt 16
- Professor Dumbledore — yesterday, when I was having my Divination exam, Professor Trelawney went very — very strange.†
Chpt 22
- Without Muggle Studies and Divination, I'll be able to have a normal schedule again.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(divine as in: divined from tea leaves) to predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)