Divine (n.)

  1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

    [ Syn: godhead , lord , creator , maker , divine , god almighty , almighty , jehovah ]

  2. a clergyman or other person in religious orders

    [ Syn: cleric , churchman , ecclesiastic ]

    divine (adj.)

  1. emanating from God; divine judgment; divine guidance; everything is black or white...satanic or godly-Saturday Review

    [ Syn: godly ]

  2. resulting from divine providence; providential care; a providential visitation

    [ Syn: providential ]

  3. being or having the nature of a god; the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers-J.G.Frazier; the divine will; the divine capacity for love; Tis wise to learn; tis God-like to create-J.G.Saxe

    [ Syn: godlike ]

  4. devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; divine worship; divine liturgy'

  5. appropriate to or befitting a god; the divine strength of Achilles; a man of godlike sagacity; man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers-R.H.Roveref

    [ Syn: godlike ]

  6. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; her pies were simply divine; the divine Shakespeare; an elysian meal; an inspired performance

    [ Syn: elysian , inspired ]

    divine (v.)

  1. perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

  2. search by divining, as if with a rod; He claimed he could divine underground water'

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