Main Entry:

³divine

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

di·vined; di·vin·ing

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French deviner, from Latin divinare, from divinus, noun

Date:

14th century

transitive verb 1 : to discover by intuition or insight : infer <divine the truth> 2 : to discover or locate (as water or minerals underground) usually by means of a divining rod intransitive verb 1 : to practice divination : prophesy 2 : to perceive intuitively

synonyms see foresee