Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - divine
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Divine
divine
~1 adj 1 having the qualities of a god or connected with, or coming from God (the authority of divine law | divine service (=a formal ceremony involving prayers etc to God)) 2 divine help/intervention/inspiration/retribution help etc from God 3 old-fashioned very pleasant or good; wonderful (You look simply divine!) ~2 v 1 literary to discover or guess something (He must have divined from my expression that I was angry.) 2 to search for underground water or minerals using a special Y-shaped stick ~3 n old use a priest
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(divines, divining, divined) 1. You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess. He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment. ADJ: usu ADJ n • divinely The law was divinely ordained. ADV: usu ADV -ed 2. If you divine something, you discover or learn it by guessing. (LITERARY) ...the child’s ability to divine the needs of its parents and respond to them... From this he divined that she did not like him much. VERB: V n, V that, also V wh ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective (~r; -est) Etymology: Middle English divin, from Anglo-French, from Latin divinus, from divus god — more at deity Date: 14th century 1. a. of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god ~ love b. being a deity the ~ Savior c. directed to a deity ~ worship 2. a. supremely good ; superb the pie was ~ b. heavenly, godlike • ~ly adverb II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin divinus, from Latin, soothsayer, from divinus, adjective Date: 14th century 1. clergyman 2. theologian III. verb (~d; divining) 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 ~ 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 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj., v., & n. --adj. (diviner, divinest) 1 a of, from, or like God or a god. b devoted to God; sacred (divine service). 2 a more than humanly excellent, gifted, or beautiful. b colloq. excellent; delightful. --v. 1 tr. discover by guessing, intuition, inspiration, or magic. 2 tr. foresee, predict, conjecture. 3 intr. practise divination. --n. 1 a cleric, usu. an expert in theology. 2 (the Divine) providence or God. Phrases and idioms divine office see OFFICE. divine right of kings the doctrine that kings derive their sovereignty and authority from God, not from their subjects. divining-rod = dowsing-rod (see DOWSE(1)). Derivatives divinely adv. divineness n. diviner n. divinize v.tr. (also -ise). Etymology: ME f. OF devin -ine f. L divinus f. divus godlike ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. богослов, теолог 2. книж. священник 3. божественный; божий divine will —- рел. произволение божие; воля божия D. Comedy —- "Божественная комедия" 4. богоданный divine right —- право помазанника божьего 5. святой, священный 6. религиозный; обращенный к богу divine service —- церковная служба, богослужение 7. небесный, богоподобный; божественный the divine Shakespeare —- божественный Шекспир 8. эмоц-усил. изумительный, божественный divine weather —- дивная (божественная) погода divine hat —- прелестная шляпка you look divine in that dress —- вы прелестно выглядите в этом платье 9. предсказывать, прорицать; пророчествовать 10. предугадывать; догадываться, понимать интуитивно to divine smb.'s intentions —- разгадать чьи-л. намерения to divine the meaning of smth. —- понять значение чего-л. to divine what the future will be like —- предвидеть будущее 11. уст. предвещать; быть предтечей, предвестником ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1380, from O.Fr. devin, from L. divinus "of a god," from divus "a god," related to deus "god, deity," from PIE *deiwos, also the root of words for "sky" and "day." L. divinus also meant "soothsayer," hence the verb "to conjecture, guess," originally "to make out by supernatural insight." Divinity is from c.1300. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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