divine
divine Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Of, from, or like God or a god; sacred or heavenly.
"Many ancient rulers claimed a divine right to govern their empires."
Supremely good, delightful, or pleasant; lovely.
"The freshly baked chocolate tart tasted positively divine."
• verb
To discover or perceive something by intuition, insight, or keen deduction.
"She quickly divined the true motive behind his sudden generosity."
To practice divination, prophesy future events, or search for underground water or minerals with a dowsing rod.
"The local farmer hired someone to divine for water before drilling the new well."
• noun
A cleric, priest, or scholar learned in theology.
"Several prominent seventeenth-century divines wrote extensively on moral philosophy and scripture."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French divin, from Latin divinus ('of a god, prophetic'), which derives from divus ('god, deity'), sharing an Indo-European root with Jupiter, Zeus, and the English word 'day' (originally meaning 'to shine').