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divine¹
- /dɪˈvaɪn/
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.
adjective more divine · most divine · Divine
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Of or pertaining to a god.
a divine being
Similar: deific, godlike, godly · Opposite: undivine, ungodly
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Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
divine power
Similar: hallowed, holy, sacred, blessed, celestial, devoutful, divine, heavenly, godly, sanctimonious · Opposite: godless, secular, ungodly
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Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
divine skill
Similar: supreme, ultimate · Opposite: humdrum, mediocre, ordinary
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Beautiful, heavenly.
Similar: beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, wonderful, attractive, beauteous, beautifool, beautimous, bona vardering, bonnie · Opposite: horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasant
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Foreboding; prescient.
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
Similar: inauspicious, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, foreboding, ill-boding
- immortal; elect or saved after death Now Thomas Mowbray do I turne to thee, And marke my greeting well: for what I ſpeake, My body ſhall make good vpon this earth, Or my diuine ſoule anſwer it in heauen.
- Relating to divinity or theology. church history and other divine learning
Similar: deific, divine, godly, godlike · Opposite: nondivine, undivine, ungodly, ungodlike
noun divines
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One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
Poets were the first divines.
Similar: clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian, deity, god, God, Allah
- A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
- God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
divine²
- /dɪˈvaɪn/
Rhymes with -aɪn
Where it comes from
Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.
verb divines · divining · divined
- To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination. a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight. no secret can be told To any who divined it not before
- To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
- To render divine; to deify. Living on earth like angel new divined.
Divine³
proper noun Divines
- A surname.
adjective more Divine · most Divine
- Alternative letter-case form of divine My mind was never in a holier frame, than while I gazed on that untroubled image of Divine rest.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: godlike, godly, god almighty, godhead, heavenly, sacred, almighty, providential, elysian, ecclesiastic, cleric, churchman, jehovah, superhuman, lord, glorious
Translations
Every language
adj of or pertaining to a god
| Español | divino |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 神的 shén de |
| हिन्दी | दिव्य divya |
| Kiswahili | -a kimungu |
| Português | divino |
| Français | divin, divine |
| Deutsch | göttlich |
| Italiano | divino, divina |
| Ελληνικά | θεϊκός theïkós, θείος theíos |
| Русский | боже́ственный božéstvennyj, бо́жий bóžij |
| العربية | إِلٰهِيّ ʔilāhiyy |
| עברית | אֱלֹהִי elohi |
adj eternal, holy or otherwise godlike
| हिन्दी | दिव्य divya |
|---|---|
| Português | divino |
| Deutsch | göttlich |
| Italiano | divino, divina |
| Ελληνικά | θεϊκός theïkós, θείος theíos |
| Русский | боже́ственный božéstvennyj, сверхъесте́ственный sverxʺjestéstvennyj |
| العربية | إِلٰهِيّ ʔilāhiyy |
adj of superhuman or surpassing excellence
| हिन्दी | दिव्य divya, अपौरुषेय apauruṣey |
|---|---|
| Português | divino |
| Français | divin, divine |
| Deutsch | göttlich |
| Italiano | divino, divina |
| Ελληνικά | θείος theíos |
| Русский | боже́ственный božéstvennyj, богоподо́бный bogopodóbnyj |
| עברית | נשגב |
adj beautiful, heavenly
| Español | divino |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | दिव्य divya |
| Português | divino |
| Français | divin, divine |
| Deutsch | göttlich |
| Italiano | divino, divina |
| Ελληνικά | θεσπέσιος thespésios, θεϊκός theïkós, θαυμάσιος thavmásios |
| Русский | боже́ственный božéstvennyj |
| עברית | אֱלֹהִי elohi |
noun theologian, cleric
| Italiano | divino, divina |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | θεολόγος theológos |
| Русский | богосло́в bogoslóv |
| العربية | رَجُلُ دِينٍ rajulu dīnin, رِجالُ دِينٍ rijālu dīnin |
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title = {divine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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