divined
Variant of divine
divine
definition
di·vine (də vīn′)
adjective
- of or like God or a god
- given or inspired by God; holy; sacred
- devoted to God; religious; sacrosanct
- having to do with theology
- supremely great, good, etc.
- Informal very pleasing, attractive, etc.
Etymology: ME & OFr < L divinus < divus, god, deity
noun
- a member of the clergy
- a theologian
transitive verb divined -·vined′, divining -·vin′·ing
- to prophesy
- to guess; conjecture
- to find out by intuition
Etymology: ME devinen < OFr deviner < L divinare < divinus
intransitive verb
- to engage in divination
- to make a conjecture
- to use a divining rod
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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