di•vine
Pronunciation: (di-vīn'), [key]
— adj., n., v., -vin•er, -vin•est, -vined, -vin•ing.
—adj.
- of or pertaining to a god, esp. the Supreme Being.
- addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship.
- proceeding from God or a god: divine laws.
- godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity: divine magnanimity.
- heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom.
- extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice.
- being a god; being God: a divine person.
- of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine.
- of or pertaining to divinity or theology.
—n.
- a theologian; scholar in religion.
- a priest or member of the clergy.
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- God.
- (sometimes l.c.) the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
—v.t.
- to discover or declare (something obscure or in the future) by divination; prophesy.
- to discover (water, metal, etc.) by means of a divining rod.
- to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture.
- to portend.
—v.i.
- to use or practice divination; prophesy.
- to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.