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DivinationDivination Div`i*na"tion, n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare,
divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F.
divination. See Divine.]
1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future
events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by
preternatural means.
There shall not be found among you any one that . .
. useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter. --Deut. xviii.
10.
Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural
divination was supposed to be effected by a divine
afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites,
omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails
of animals, etc.
2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen;
conjectural presage; prediction.
Birds which do give a happy divination of things to
come. --Sir T.
North. DivinatorDivinator Div"i*na`tor, n. [L. See Divination.]
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.]
--Burton. Divinatory
Divinatory Di*vin"a*to*ry, a. [Cf. F. divinatoire.]
Professing, or relating to, divination. ``A natural
divinatory instinct.' --Cowley.
Divine
Divine Di*vine", v. i.
1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination;
to utter prognostications.
The prophets thereof divine for money. --Micah iii.
11.
2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. --Shak.
3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
DivineDivine Di*vine", a. [Compar. Diviner; superl. Divinest.]
[F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus,
dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. ?, and L. deus, God.
See Deity.]
1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine
will. ``The immensity of the divine nature.' --Paley.
2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. ``Divine
protection.' --Bacon.
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.' --Shak.
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.'
--Shak.
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. [Obs.]
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave
him. --Milton.
7. Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning. --South.
Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial;
pious; holy; sacred; pre["e]minent. DivineDivine Di*vine", n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a
theologian. See Divine, a.]
1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. ``Poets were the
first divines.' --Denham.
2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
The first divines of New England were surpassed by
none in extensive erudition. --J.
Woodbridge. DivineDivine Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See
Divination.]
1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to
conjecture.
A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
--Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.
Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate;
forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. DivinedDivine Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See
Divination.]
1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to
conjecture.
A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
--Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.
Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate;
forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. Divinely
Divinely Di*vine"ly, adv.
1. In a divine or godlike manner; holily; admirably or
excellently in a supreme degree.
Most divinely fair. --Tennyson.
2. By the agency or influence of God.
Divinely set apart . . . to be a preacher of
righteousness. --Macaulay.
Divinement
Divinement Di*vine"ment, n.
Divination. [Obs.]
Divineness
Divineness Di*vine"ness, n.
The quality of being divine; superhuman or supreme
excellence. --Shak.
Diviner
Diviner Di*vin"er, n.
1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict
events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false
dreams; they comfort in vain. --Zech. x. 2.
2. A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.
--Locke.
Divineress
Divineress Di*vin"er*ess, n.
A woman who divines. --Dryden.
DivingDiving Div"ing, a.
That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; --
called also water tiger.
Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes
bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under
water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air
at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from
above.
Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
Diving stone, a kind of jasper. Diving beetleDiving Div"ing, a.
That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; --
called also water tiger.
Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes
bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under
water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air
at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from
above.
Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
Diving stone, a kind of jasper. Diving bellDiving Div"ing, a.
That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; --
called also water tiger.
Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes
bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under
water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air
at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from
above.
Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
Diving stone, a kind of jasper. Diving dressDiving Div"ing, a.
That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; --
called also water tiger.
Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes
bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under
water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air
at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from
above.
Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
Diving stone, a kind of jasper. diving spiderWater spider Wa"ter spi"der (Zo["o]l.)
(a) An aquatic European spider (Argyoneta aquatica) which
constructs its web beneath the surface of the water on
water plants. It lives in a bell-shaped structure of
silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and filled with
air which the spider carries down in the form of small
bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind
feet. Called also diving spider.
(b) A water mite.
(c) Any spider that habitually lives on or about the water,
especially the large American species (Dolomedes
lanceolatus) which runs rapidly on the surface of water;
-- called also raft spider. Diving stoneDiving Div"ing, a.
That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; --
called also water tiger.
Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes
bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under
water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air
at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from
above.
Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
Diving stone, a kind of jasper. Divinify
Divinify Di*vin"i*fy, v. t. [L. divinus divine + -fy.]
To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] ``Blessed and divinified
soul.' --Parth. Sacra (1633).
DiviningDivine Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb.
n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See
Divination.]
1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to
conjecture.
A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
--Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.
Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate;
forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. DiviningDivining Di*vin"ing, a.
That divines; for divining.
Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked
branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or
metals under ground. Divining rodDivining Di*vin"ing, a.
That divines; for divining.
Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked
branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or
metals under ground. Diviningly
Diviningly Di*vin"ing*ly, adv.
In a divining manner.
Divinistre
Divinistre Div`i*nis"tre, n.
A diviner. [Obs.] `` I am no divinistre.' --Chaucer.
Divinity calf
Divinity calf Di*vin"i*ty calf` (Bookbinding)
Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often
used for theological books.
Divinization
Divinization Div`i*ni*za"tion, n.
A making divine. --M. Arnold.
Divinize
Divinize Div"i*nize, v. t.
To invest with a divine character; to deify. [R.] --M.
Arnold.
Man had divinized all those objects of awe. --Milman.
Subdivine
Subdivine Sub`di*vine", a.
Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or lower degree.
--Bp. Hall.
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