divine

[diĀ·vine]

Terms referring to the Judeo Christian God

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Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

Noun
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Noun
a clergyman or other person in religious orders

Verb
search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"

Verb
perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

Adjective S.
of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"

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Adjective S.
emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt"-Saturday Rev.

Adjective S.
being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "''Tis wise to learn; ''tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe

Adjective S.
resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation"

Adjective S.
appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref

Adjective S.
devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"


a.
Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

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Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.

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Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

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Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.

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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.

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Presageful; foreboding; prescient.

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Relating to divinity or theology.

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One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

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A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

v. t.
To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

v. t.
To foretell; to predict; to presage.

v. t.
To render divine; to deify.

v. i.
To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

v. i.
To have or feel a presage or foreboding.

v. i.
To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.


Divine

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.
But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given.
6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him.
7. Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning.
Syn. -- Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; pre'89minent.

Divine

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.

Divine

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.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou . . . divine his downfall?
3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
Living on earth like angel new divined.
Syn. -- To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.

Divine

Di*vine", v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
The prophets thereof divine for money.
2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.
3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.

To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.

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Usage Examples

Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.

Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis.

Ask those who love Him with a sincere love, and they will tell you that they find no greater or prompter relief amid the troubles of their life than in loving conversation with their Divine Friend.

All that I am I owe to Jesus Christ, revealed to me in His divine Book.

Faith is not a notion, but a real strong essential hunger, an attracting or magnetic desire of Christ, which as it proceeds from a seed of the divine nature in us, so it attracts and unites with its like.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

And as the Divine that goes forth from the Lord is the good of love and the truth of faith, the angels are angels and are heaven in the measure in which they receive good and truth from the Lord.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.

Art owes its origin to Nature herself... this beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.

According to the Jain view, soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in the living being. The Jain thinks that the phenomena of knowledge, feeling, thinking and willing are conditioned on something, and that that something must be as real as anything can be.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

Even if it were proven that God didn't exist, Religion would still be Saintly and Divine.

Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him.

As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.

All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.

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