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Definition of: divine
(di·vīn′) adjective
1. Pertaining to, proceeding from, or of the nature of God or of a god; sacred.
2. Addressed or offered up to God in service or adoration; religious; holy.
3. Altogether excellent or admirable; godlike.
4. Pertaining to a deity or to divinity or theology.
—noun One versed in divinity; a theologian; clergyman.
—v. ·vined, ·vin·ing v.t.
1. To foretell or prophesy, supposedly with supernatural aid.
2. To surmise or conjecture intuitively; guess.
3. Obs. To portend; presage.
—v.i.
4. To practice divination. See synonyms under AUGUR, GUESS, PROPHESY. [<OF devin, divin <L divinus <divus <deus a god]
—di·vine′ly adverb
—di·vine′ness noun
—di·vin′er noun
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