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English adjective: divine | |||
| 1. | divine emanating from God | ||
| Samples | Divine judgment. Divine guidance. Everything is black or white...satanic or godly. | ||
| Synonyms | godly | ||
| Similar | heavenly | ||
| Antonyms | earthly | ||
| 2. | divine resulting from divine providence | ||
| Samples | Providential care. A providential visitation. | ||
| Synonyms | providential | ||
| Similar | heavenly | ||
| Antonyms | earthly | ||
| 3. | divine being or having the nature of a god | ||
| Samples | The custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers. The divine will. The divine capacity for love. 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create. | ||
| Synonyms | godlike | ||
| Similar | heavenly | ||
| Antonyms | earthly | ||
| 4. | divine devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity | ||
| Samples | Divine worship. Divine liturgy. | ||
| Similar | sacred | ||
| Antonyms | profane, secular | ||
| 5. | divine appropriate to or befitting a god | ||
| Samples | The divine strength of Achilles. A man of godlike sagacity. Man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers. | ||
| Synonyms | godlike | ||
| Similar | superhuman | ||
| Antonyms | subhuman | ||
| 6. | divine being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | ||
| Samples | Her pies were simply divine. The divine Shakespeare. An elysian meal. An inspired performance. | ||
| Synonyms | elysian, inspired | ||
| Similar | glorious | ||
| Antonyms | inglorious | ||
English noun: Divine | |||
| 1. | Divine (person) terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God | ||
| Synonyms | Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Lord, Maker | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ, Sacred Trinity, Trinity | ||
| Instance hypernym | God, Supreme Being | ||
| 2. | divine (person) a clergyman or other person in religious orders | ||
| Synonyms | churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ordainer, pardoner, pluralist | ||
| Instance hyponym | a Kempis, Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno, Thomas a Kempis | ||
English verb: divine | |||
| 1. | divine (perception) perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | comprehend, perceive | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chiromance | ||
| 2. | divine (contact) search by divining, as if with a rod | ||
| Samples | He claimed he could divine underground water. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | look for, search, seek | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dowse | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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