DIVINE, a. [L., a god.] 1. Pertaining to the true God; as the divine nature; divine perfections.2. Pertaining to a heathen deity, or to false gods.3. Partaking of the nature of God.Half human, half divine.4. Proceeding from God; as divine judgments.5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; extraordinary; apparently above what is human. In this application the word admits of comparison; as a divine invention; a divine genius; the divinest mind.A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Proverbs 16.6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Not used.]7. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; as divine service; divine songs; divine worship.DIVINE, n. 1. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition, personal sanctity, and diligence in the pastoral office.2. A man skilled in divinity; a theologian; as a great divine.DIVINE, v.t. [L.] 1. To foreknow; to foretell; to presage.Darst thou divine his downfall?2. To deify. [Not in use.]DIVINE, v.i. 1. To use or practice divination.2. To utter presages or prognostications.The prophets thereof divine for money. Micah 3.3. To have presages or forebodings.Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts--4. To guess or conjecture.Could you divine what lovers bear.
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