divine

See also: Divine and diviné

English

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Pronunciation

enPR: dĭ-vīnʹ, IPA^(key): /dɪˈvaɪn/
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Rhymes: -aɪn

Etymology 1

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

Adjective

divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine)

Of or pertaining to a god.
Synonyms: deific, godlike, godly

Antonyms: undivine, ungodly
Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
Synonyms: hallowed, holy, sacred

Antonyms: godless, secular, ungodly
Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
Synonyms: supreme, ultimate

Antonyms: humdrum, mediocre, ordinary
Beautiful, heavenly.
Synonyms: beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderful

Antonyms: horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasant
(obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
  Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
(obsolete, of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death
- 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 the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:
  Now Thomas Mowbray do I turne to thee,
  And marke my greeting well: for what I ſpeake,
  My body ſhall make good vpon this earth,
  Or my diuine ſoule anſwer it in heauen.
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age, Part 2:
  (Of that at leaſure) but the bloody ſtage
  On which to act, Generall this night is thine,
  Thou lyeſt downe mortall, who muſt riſe diuine.
- 1703, Charles Povey, Meditations of a Divine Soul: Or, the Chriſtian’s Guide, Amidſt the Various Opinions of a vain World, page 594:
  Then rouſe up, my Divine Soul, who art ready for Eternal Glory, and bid the World a final A-dieu, with all its fond Deluſions and gilded Baits of Folly: For the time is now at hand, when thou my moſt precious Jewel, muſt launch out into the Deep of Everlaſting Bliſs
Relating to divinity or theology.
- 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
  church history and other divine learning

Alternative forms

Divine

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to a god

Afrikaans: goddelik
Albanian: hyjnor (sq) m, hyjnore f
Arabic: إِلٰهِيّ (ʔilāhiyy)
Belarusian: бо́скі (bóski), бо́жы (bóžy)
Bengali: এলাহী (elahi)
Bulgarian: боже́ствен (bg) (božéstven), бо́жи (bóži)
Catalan: diví (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神的 (zh) (shén de)
Czech: božský (cs), boží (cs)
Danish: guddommelig
Dutch: goddelijk (nl)
Finnish: taivaallinen (fi), jumalallinen (fi), taivainen
French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f
Galician: divino (gl) m
German: göttlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (gudisks)
Greek: θεϊκός (el) m (theïkós), θείος (el) m (theíos)
Ancient: θεῖος (theîos), (Epic) δῖος (dîos)
Hebrew: אֱלֹהִי (he) (elohi)
Hindi: दैवीय (daivīya)
Hungarian: (using the possessive) Isten (hu)/isten (hu), (forming a compound word) Isten-… (hu)/isten… (hu), isteni (hu)
Icelandic: guðdómlegur (is)
Indonesian: ilahi (id)
Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
Kazakh: иләһи (ilähi)
Latin: divinus (la) m, divus (la) m
Lithuanian: dieviškas
Macedonian: божествен (božestven), божји (božji)
Malay: tuhan, ketuhanan, ilahi, ilahiah
Manx: jeeoil, niauoil, flaunyssagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: guddommelig (no)

Nynorsk: guddommeleg, guddomleg
Occitan: divin (oc)
Old English: godcund
Polish: boski (pl), boży (pl)
Portuguese: divino (pt)
Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj), бо́жий (ru) (bóžij)
Sanskrit: दिव्य (sa) (divya)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: божа̀нскӣ, бо̏жјӣ

Roman: božànskī (sh), bȍžjī (sh)
Slovak: boží, božský
Slovene: božánski, božji
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski
Spanish: divino (es)
Swahili: -a kimungu
Swedish: andlig (sv), gudomlig (sv), helig (sv), himmelsk (sv)
Tagalog: binathala, dibino, mabathala
Telugu: దైవ (daiva)
Turkish: ilahi (tr)
Ukrainian: боже́ственний (uk) (božéstvennyj), бо́жий (uk) (bóžyj)

eternal, holy or otherwise godlike

Afrikaans: goddelik
Arabic: إِلٰهِيّ (ʔilāhiyy)
Bengali: এলাহী (elahi)
Bulgarian: боже́ствен (bg) (božéstven), свръхесте́ствен (bg) (svrǎhestéstven)
Finnish: ylimaallinen (fi), pyhä (fi)
German: göttlich (de)
Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (gudisks)
Greek: θεϊκός (el) m (theïkós), θείος (el) m (theíos)
Ancient: θεῖος (theîos)
Hungarian: isteni (hu), istenszerű
Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
Lithuanian: dieviškas
Manx: jeeoil, niauoil, flaunyssagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: guddommelig (no)
Old English: godcund
Portuguese: divino (pt)
Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj), сверхъесте́ственный (ru) (sverxʺjestéstvennyj)
Sanskrit: दिव्य (sa) (divya)
Slovene: božánski
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski
Swedish: andlig (sv), helig (sv), övernaturlig (sv)
Turkish: lahuti (tr)
Ukrainian: надісто́тний (nadistótnyj), боже́ственний (uk) (božéstvennyj)

of superhuman or surpassing excellence

Afrikaans: goddelik
Bulgarian: боже́ствен (bg) (božéstven)
Finnish: yli-inhimillinen (fi), jumalainen (fi)
French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f
Galician: divino (gl) m
German: göttlich (de)
Greek: θείος (el) m (theíos)
Hebrew: נשגב m
Hungarian: isteni (hu)
Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
Latin: divinus (la) m
Lithuanian: dieviškas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: guddommelig (no), vidunderlig
Old English: godcund
Portuguese: divino (pt)
Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj), богоподо́бный (ru) (bogopodóbnyj)
Sanskrit: दिव्य (sa) (divya)
Swedish: gudomlig (sv), härlig (sv), underbar (sv)
Thai: บัณฑิต (th) (ban-dìt), เหนือมนุษย์
Ukrainian: богоподі́бний (bohopodíbnyj), надісто́тний (nadistótnyj)

beautiful, heavenly

Afrikaans: goddelik
Albanian: hyjnor (sq) m, hyjnore f
Bengali: আসমানী (aśomani)
Bulgarian: небе́сен (bg) (nebésen)
Catalan: diví (ca)
Finnish: jumalainen (fi), taivaallinen (fi)
French: divin (fr) m, divine (fr) f
German: göttlich (de)
Greek: θεσπέσιος (el) m (thespésios), θεϊκός (el) m (theïkós), θαυμάσιος (el) m (thavmásios), θεϊκός (el) m (theïkós)
Hebrew: אֱלֹהִי (he) (elohi)
Hungarian: isteni (hu), felséges (hu)/fenséges (hu), mennyei (hu), pompás (hu)
Indonesian: surgawi (id)
Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
Lithuanian: dieviškas
Norwegian:
Bokmål: guddommelig (no), himmelsk, vidunderlig
Old English: godcund
Portuguese: divino (pt)
Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj)
Slovene: božanski
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski
Spanish: divino (es)
Swedish: gudomlig (sv), himmelsk (sv), underbar (sv)
Ukrainian: боже́ственний (uk) (božéstvennyj)

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Turkish: ^{(please verify)} ilahi (tr)

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 Plymouth
  The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
(often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

Synonyms

(theologian, cleric): clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian
(a deity): deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)

Derived terms

Translations

theologian, cleric

Arabic: رَجُلُ دِينٍ m (rajulu dīnin), رِجالُ دِينٍ m pl (rijālu dīnin)
Bulgarian: богослов m (bogoslov)
Finnish: teologi (fi), jumaluusoppinut
Greek: θεολόγος (el) m (theológos)
Hungarian: teológus (hu)
Italian: divino (it) m, divina (it) f
Manx: agglishagh m
Russian: богосло́в (ru) m (bogoslóv)
Swedish: andlig (sv) c
Ukrainian: богосло́в (uk) m (bohoslóv), тео́лог m (teóloh)

a minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman — see priest,‎ clergyman

a deity — see deity

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Estonian: ^{(please verify)} jumalik

Etymology 2

Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.

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.
- 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
  a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- 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 the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
  Darest thou […] divine his downfall?
(transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night:
  no secret can be told
  To any who divined it not before
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 43”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
  If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.
- 2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, 250c:
  I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.
(transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
To render divine; to deify.
- 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard,Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier. […], London: […] [Thomas Orwin] for William Ponsonby, […], →OCLC:
  Living on earth like angel new divined.

Derived terms

Related terms

Expressions

Translations

foretell (something)

Bulgarian: предсказвам (bg) (predskazvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預言／预言 (zh) (yùyán)
Dutch: waarzeggen (nl)
Finnish: ennustaa (fi), nähdä tulevaisuuteen
French: prédire (fr)
Galician: adiviñar (gl)
German: prophezeien (de)
Greek: μαντεύω (el) m (mantévo)
Ancient: μαντεύομαι (manteúomai)
Hungarian: jósol (hu), megjósol (hu)
Latin: hariolor
Neapolitan: addivinà
Occitan: endevinar (oc)
Portuguese: adivinhar (pt)
Russian: гада́ть (ru) impf (gadátʹ), погада́ть (ru) pf (pogadátʹ)
Spanish: adivinar (es)
Swedish: förutsäga (sv), profetera (sv)

guess (something)

Bulgarian: гадая (bg) (gadaja)
Finnish: arvata (fi), aavistaa (fi)
French: deviner (fr)
Galician: adiviñar (gl)
German: erraten (de), erahnen (de)
Greek: μαντεύω (el) (mantévo)
Hungarian: sejt (hu), megsejt (hu), megérez (hu)
Italian: indovinare (it)
Occitan: devinar (oc)
Portuguese: adivinhar (pt)
Spanish: adivinar (es)

search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod

Dutch: wichelen (nl)
Finnish: etsiä vettä varvun avulla
Hungarian: varázsvesszővel vizet/forrást keres/talál

Anagrams

dive in

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /di.vin/
Rhymes: -in

Adjective

divine

feminine singular of divin

Italian

Adjective

divine

feminine plural of divino

Latin

Etymology

From dīvīnus (“of divine origin”).

Adverb

dīvīnē (comparative dīvīnius, superlative dīvīnissimē)

prophetically, by divine inspiration
divinely, admirably

Synonyms

(divinely, admirably): dīvīnitus

Related terms

References

“divine”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“divine”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
divine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Spanish

Verb

divine

inflection of divinar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative