| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| divine |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | di·vine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -v n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: di·vin·er, di·vin·est
1a. Having the nature of or being a deity. b. Of, relating to, emanating from, or being the expression of a deity: sought divine guidance through meditation. c. Being in the service or worship of a deity; sacred. 2. Superhuman; godlike. 3a. Supremely good or beautiful; magnificent: a divine performance of the concerto. b. Extremely pleasant; delightful: had a divine time at the ball. 4. Heavenly; perfect. | | NOUN: | 1. A cleric. 2. A theologian. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: di·vined, di·vin·ing, di·vines
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To foretell through or as if through the art of divination. See synonyms at foretell. 2a. To know by inspiration, intuition, or reflection. b. To guess. 3. To locate (underground water or minerals) with a divining rod; douse. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To practice divination. 2. To guess. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French devine, from Latin dvnus, divine, foreseeing, from dvus, god. See dyeu- in Appendix I. V., Middle English divinen, from Old French deviner, from Latin dvn re, from dvnus. | | OTHER FORMS: | di·vinely —ADVERB
di·vineness —NOUN
di·viner —NOUN
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
