— divinable , adj. — divinely , adv. — divineness , n.
/di vuyn"/ , adj., diviner, divinest , n. , v. , divined, divining .
adj.
1. of or pertaining to a god, esp. the Supreme Being.
2. addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship.
3. proceeding from God or a god: divine laws.
4. godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity.
5. heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom.
6. Informal. extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice.
7. being a god; being God: a divine person.
8. of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine.
9. Obs. of or pertaining to divinity or theology.
n.
10. a theologian; scholar in religion.
11. a priest or member of the clergy.
12. the Divine ,
a. God.
b. ( sometimes l.c. ) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
v.t.
13. to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy.
14. to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.
15. to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture.
16. Archaic. to portend.
v.i.
17. to use or practice divination; prophesy.
18. to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.
[ 1275-1325; ME divinus, equiv. to div ( us ) god + -inus -INE 1 ; r. ME devin ( e ) devin ]
Syn. 13, 17. foretell, predict, foresee, forecast. 15, 18 . discern, understand.
Ant. 5. worldly, mundane.