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Definition of Divine
1. Adjective. Emanating from God. "Everything is black or white...satanic or godly"
2. Verb. Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers.
Specialized synonyms: Chiromance
Derivative terms: Divination, Divination, Divinatory, Diviner
3. Noun. Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.
Generic synonyms: God, Supreme Being
Specialized synonyms: Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity, Hypostasis, Hypostasis Of Christ
Derivative terms: Almighty
4. Adjective. Resulting from divine providence. "A providential visitation"
5. Verb. Search by divining, as if with a rod. "He claimed he could divine underground water"
6. Noun. A clergyman or other person in religious orders.
Generic synonyms: Clergyman, Man Of The Cloth, Reverend
Specialized synonyms: Ordainer, Pardoner, Pluralist
Specialized synonyms: A Kempis, Thomas A Kempis, Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno
7. Adjective. Being or having the nature of a god. "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"
8. Adjective. Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity. "Divine liturgy"
9. Adjective. Appropriate to or befitting a god. "Man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"
10. Adjective. Being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods. "An inspired performance"
Definition of Divine
1. a. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
2. n. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
3. v. t. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
4. v. i. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
Definition of Divine
1. Adjective. of or pertaining to a god ¹
2. Adjective. eternal, holy, or otherwise supernatural. ¹
3. Adjective. of superhuman or surpassing excellence ¹
4. Adjective. beautiful, heavenly ¹
5. Noun. a theologian or cleric ¹
6. Noun. ('''the Divine''') a metaphor for a deity, especially the Christian one. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) to guess (something) ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divine
1. pertaining to or characteristic of a god [adj -VINER, -VINEST] : DIVINELY [adv] / to foretell by occult means [v -VINED, -VINING, -VINES]
Medical Definition of Divine
1. 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." 2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." 3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship. 4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." 5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." "A divine sentence is in the lips of the king." (Prov. Xvi. 10) "But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given." (Gray) 6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. "Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him." (Milton) 7. Relating to divinity or theology. "Church history and other divine learning." (South) Synonym: Supernatural, superhuman, godlike, heavenly, celestial, pious, holy, sacred, preeminent. Origin: F. Divin, L. Divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. Divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr, and L. Deus, God. See Deity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divine
Literary usage of Divine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"... divine PERSONS SECLUDED CHAP. personages may neither touch the ground nor see
the sun, the reason is, on the one hand, a fear lest their divinity might, ..."
2. A Compendium of Christian Theology: Being Analytical Outlines of a Course of by William Burt Pope (1889)
"THE divine PERSONALITY. God became incarnate as the Second Person of the Deity.
... Christ is divine ; His Divinity is that of the Son ; and it is the ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"WPC WELSCHE, JOHN (1570 P-1622), Scottish divine. [See WELCH.] WELSH,
DAVID (1793-1845), Scots divine and author, youngest son of David Welsh, sheep farmer, ..."
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