n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: di · vined ; di · vin · ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French deviner, from Latin divinare, from divinus, noun
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to discover by intuition or insight : INFER < divine the truth>
2 : to discover or locate (as water or minerals underground) usually by means of a divining rod
intransitive verb
1 : to practice divination : PROPHESY
2 : to perceive intuitively
synonyms see FORESEE