Meanings
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1
adj
Coming from or relating to a god.
They believed the king ruled by divine right.
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2
adj
Extremely good, beautiful, or enjoyable.
The chocolate cake was absolutely divine.
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3
verb
To discover or guess something through insight or unusual means.
She seemed able to divine exactly what I was thinking.
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Forms
divineddivinelydivinerdivinesdivinestdivining
Derived forms
all-divineantidivinearchdivinedemidivinedivinabledivineddivinelikedivinelydivinementdivinenessdivinerdivineress
Related forms
celestialdivinaildivinaldivinationdivinatordivinatorialdivinatorydivinatricedivinifydivinipotentdivinisedivinistre
Etymology
Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.
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