divine

Definitions

1. 1.Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.
2. 2.Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
3. 3.Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.
6. 6.Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. Milton.
7. 7.Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South.
8. 8.One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham.
9. 9.A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. J. Woodbridge.
10. 10.To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft.
11. 11.To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall Shak.
12. 12.To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. Spenser.
13. 13.To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah iii.
14. 14.2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak.
15. 15.To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is divine.

• What is proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon called?
• What is appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship called?
• What is pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak called?
• What is but not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray called?
• What is presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. Milton called?
• What is relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. South called?
• What is one skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the first divines." Denham called?
• What is a minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. J. Woodbridge called?
• What is to foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. Bancroft called?
• What is to foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall Shak called?
• What is to render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. Spenser called?
• What is to use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah iii called?
• What is 2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. Shak called?
• What is to conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly called?