Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - divine
Divine
divine
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
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I. adjective (~r; -est) see: deity Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god , being a deity , directed to a deity , 2. supremely good ; superb , heavenly, godlike, ~ly adverb II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin divinus, from Latin, soothsayer, from divinus, adjective Date: 14th century clergyman, 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 to discover by intuition or insight ; infer , to discover or locate (as water or minerals underground) usually by means of a divining rod, intransitive verb to practice divination ; prophesy, to perceive intuitively, see: foresee ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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