Definition of divine
diviner
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1 religion a : of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see 1god 1) or a god (see 1god 2) divine inspiration divine love praying for divine interventionb : being a deity the divine Savior a divine rulerc : directed to a deity divine worship
2a : supremely good : superb The meal was just divine.b : heavenly, godlike
divinely
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Examples of divine in a Sentence
They prayed for divine intervention.
how about a piece of the most divine apple pie I've ever tasted!
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Frank Sodolak* knows these truths, and at some point late in the last century, divine inspiration struck the proprietor of Sodolak’s Country Inn in Snook, Texas, roughly a 15-20 minute drive from College Station.
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In 3:4, the serpent’s rejection of the divine sentence is emphasized by the Hebrew word order.
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The Gospel of Kevin has just landed a divine piece of casting.
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That makes for divine long-range comfort, but also a less-than-satisfying daily driver.
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Step inside Audrey Hepburn's world and tour the rest of the divine LA mansion.
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Early on, due to the association with chariots used only for fighting, yoga also meant warlike, and people believed a charioteer killed in battle was taken up to the heavens in a divine yoga.
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Most cultures saw them as being of a divine or godly nature.
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Sweet but with a herbacious side, the syrup was scented with basil and tasted simply divine.
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Origin and Etymology of divine
Middle English divin, from Anglo-French, from Latin divinus, from divus god — more at deity
Other Christian Religious Terms
Examples of divine in a Sentence
the great influence exerted by the Puritan divines in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Thailand prohibits even the slightest criticism of its king, who is believed to be semi-divine.
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The Vulcan hand greeting, for instance, which Nimoy invented, is the Hebrew letter shin, the symbol for the Shekhinah, a feminine aspect of the divine.
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LeBron is surely hoping for a different kind of intervention—divine, preferably.
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In exploring that question, The Weight of Ink weighs religious doctrine’s relationship to the divine, the role of scholarship in Jewish identity, and the meaning of life in Israel.
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But only the divine may be capable of total forgiveness.
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Next Stop: Chefchaouen Everything in Chefchaouen, known as the Blue Pearl, has been painted blue since the 15th century, when Jewish refugees from Spain brought their custom of coloring things to reflect the divine.
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The connection to the divine isn’t a far away place, but rather a oneness that is always with us, a portal that can be accessed at any time.
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Sufis have traditionally infused their devotion with poetry and music, and reached for love as a metaphor to describe the human longing for a relationship with the divine.
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Origin and Etymology of divine
Middle English, from Medieval Latin divinus, from Latin, soothsayer, from divinus, adjective —see 1divine
divine
Definition of divine
divined
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transitive verb
1 : to discover by intuition or insight : infer divine the truth
2 : to discover or locate (something, such as underground water or minerals) usually by means of a divining rod
intransitive verb
1 : to seek to predict future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers : to practice divination : prophesy
2 : to perceive intuitively
Examples of divine in a Sentence
divine the answer to a question
it was easy to divine his intention of asking his girlfriend to marry him
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A big part of Tom’s career was evaluating talent, advising, trying to divine futures—but the stakes were never higher than with his own son.
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As with so much else in the crisis, the line between fact and alternative fact is sometimes difficult to divine.
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This cedes one of the challengers’ core premises: that one cannot divine the president’s motives from the text of the order itself.
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James was already trying to divine ways to combat them in Game 2.
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Many others, though, were left scrambling to respond to Trump’s speech — his most expansive comments yet on Middle East policy — or to divine its meaning.
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But reports claim Trump divulged an element of the intelligence -- related to an ISIS plot against air travel -- that could have allowed Russia to divine the sources and methods used to gather the information.
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His team learned by observing how customers use the products, divining their needs and trying to mesh them with painting programs and a stylus designed to work with the Surface (an innovation followed later by Apple).
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Peering at glass plates to divine the secrets of the cosmos, Henrietta Leavitt managed to crack the glass ceiling of astronomy.
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Origin and Etymology of divine
Middle English, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French deviner, from Latin divinare, from divinus, noun —see 1divine
Synonym Discussion of divine
DIVINE Defined for English Language Learners
divine
playDefinition of divine for English Language Learners
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: relating to or coming from God or a god
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: very good
divine
Definition of divine for English Language Learners
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: to discover or understand (something) without having direct evidence
DIVINE Defined for Kids
Definition of divine for Students
divined
;divining
1 : to discover or understand something by using intuition
2 : to foretell the future by using signs and omens or magic powers
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