3 meanings
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1 —as in:
to forgive is divine
Definition
wonderful; or god-like or coming from God- Her pies are divine.
divine = wonderful
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The King claimed a divine right.
- The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is "look under foot." You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.John Burroughs
- To err is human, to forgive divine.Alexander Pope
- If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things.Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Brothers Karamazov
- the divine strength of Achilles
- the protection of divine ProvidenceThomas Jefferson et al. -- The Declaration of Independence
- Just listen, you poor creature, listen without either pathos or mockery, while far away ... this divine music passes by.Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
- I averted my eyes as the goddess turned into her true divine form and disappeared in a blaze of light.Rick Riordan -- The Battle of the Labyrinth
- Tony's point, obviously, was that there was a divine purpose to Clay's life...Melody Carlson -- Becoming Me
divine = coming from God
divine = coming from God
divine = wonderful; or god-like or coming from God
divine = god-like
divine = coming from God
2 —as in:
divined from tea leaves
Definition
to predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)- She claims she can divine the future with a crystal ball.
divine = to predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- She claims she can divine the location of underground water.
- Divination is one of the most imprecise branches of magic. ... True Seers are very rare,J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- we have almost finished our work on planetary divination.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- So fit, so acceptable, so divine,John Milton -- Paradise Lost
- The divination of my arts shall tell.Sophocles -- Antigone
- It's never too early to think about the future, so I'd recommend Divination.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Perfect deliberation, divination, and desperationJ.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- ...holding his furled umbrella a span or two from him like a divining rod.James Joyce -- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- In the second week of January, Felicia visits a santero known for his grace and power in reading the divining shells.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
divine = predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)
divination = to predict or discover something supernaturally
divination = to predict something by magic
divine = wonderful
divination = the act of predicting or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)
divination = to predict something by magic
divination = the act of predicting something by magic
divining = used to discover something supernaturally
divining = used to predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)
3 —as in:
divined through intuition
Definition
to discover something — usually through intuition or reflection- They are trying to divine the outcome of next year's election.
divine = to discover something — usually through intuition or reflection
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- She wouldn't talk about it, but I was able to divine that the project isn't going well.
- This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease recliningEdgar Allan Poe -- The Raven
- One still has time before one to divine.Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
- For I no sooner in my heart divined,John Milton -- Paradise Lost
- As you have divined, sir, we are not mad; neither are we violent or bloodthirsty.Mark Twain -- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- Often the soul is ripened into fuller goodness while age has spread an ugly film, so that mere glances can never divine the preciousness of the fruit.George Eliot -- Silas Marner
- While he was thinking one thing in his brain, I was endeavoring to divine his thought in mine.Henry David Thoreau -- Walden
- She would divine his attitude at once and...Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey
- The defense had divined what they could from the notes but...Alexs Pate -- Amistad
divine = discover
divining = trying to discover through reflection (thinking)
divine = discover something through intuition or reflection
divined = discovered through intuition
divined = discovered
divine = discover
divine = discover
divine = discover (figure out)
divined = discovered
Less commonly:
In the time of Shakespeare, divine was sometimes used as a noun to reference a priest or a person of the church. (To remember that sense, think of the clergyman as having come from God).
Divinity typically refers to a god or to a school of religion, but on rare occasions, it refers to the name of a kind of soft white candy. To remember that sense, you might think of it as tasting divine/wonderful.