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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)

We prayed for divine guidance.
The King claimed a divine right.

divine = coming from God

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
Kriss, isn't this divine?
Kiera Cass -- The Selection

divine = wonderful

I imagined how I would describe my change, my divine transformation, what words of gratitude I would shout.
Tara Westover -- Educated

divine = wonderful; or coming from God

Despised substance of divinest show!
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

divinest = most wonderful

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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.

divine = predict or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)

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

divination = to predict or discover something supernaturally

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

I have an ill-divining soul!
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

divining = predicting something by magic

It's like divining for water.
Neal Shusterman -- Unwind

divining = finding in a supernatural way

After the death of Ekwefi's second child, Okonkwo had gone to a medicine man, who was also a diviner of the Afa Oracle, to enquire what was amiss.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

diviner = someone who practices the art of learning of the future through supernatural means

In other bills he had a lot of other names and done other wonderful things, like finding water and gold with a "divining-rod," "dissipating witch spells," and so on.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

divining = used to discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)

we have almost finished our work on planetary divination.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

divination = to predict something by magic

The divination of my arts shall tell.
Sophocles -- Antigone

divination = the act of predicting or discover something supernaturally (as if by magic)

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

divination = to predict something by magic

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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.

divine = discover

This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Raven

divining = trying to discover through reflection (thinking)

The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

divine = discover

One still has time before one to divine.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables

divine = discover something through intuition or reflection

For I no sooner in my heart divined,
John Milton -- Paradise Lost

divined = discovered through intuition

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

divined = discovered

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

divine = discover

While he was thinking one thing in his brain, I was endeavoring to divine his thought in mine.
Henry David Thoreau -- Walden

divine = discover

She would divine his attitude at once and...
Thornton Wilder -- The Bridge of San Luis Rey

divine = discover (figure out)

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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.

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