Definition/Meaning of divine

• English - Adjective: divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine) Of or pertaining to a god . a divine being divine existence Eternal , holy , or otherwise godlike . divine power Of superhuman or surpassing excellence. divine skill 1972, Jay Presson Allen, Cabaret, spoken by Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli): Divine decadence darling! Beautiful , heavenly . (obsolete) Foreboding ; prescient . 1667, John…
• English - Noun: divine (plural divines) One skilled in divinity ; a theologian . 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning: Poets were the first divines . A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at PlymouthThe first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.…
• English - Verb: divine (third-person singular simple present divines, present participle divining, simple past and past participle divined) (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination . 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to…
• English - Anagrams: dive in
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From Old French divin , from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund . Etymology 2. Replaced Middle English devine , devin from Middle French deviner , from Latin dīvīnō .