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The Meaning of divine

  • (a.) Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
  • (a.) Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
  • (a.) Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.
  • (a.) Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies.
  • (a.) Presageful; foreboding; prescient.
  • (a.) Relating to divinity or theology.
  • (a.) One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
  • (a.) A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
  • (v. t.) To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
  • (v. t.) To foretell; to predict; to presage.
  • (v. t.) To render divine; to deify.
  • (v. i.) To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
  • (v. i.) To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
  • (v. i.) To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.

Synonyms

Godhead , Lord , Creator , Maker , Divine , God Almighty , Almighty , Jehovah , cleric , churchman , ecclesiastic , godly , providential , godlike , godlike , elysian , inspired

Rhymes

adeline , aerodyne , affine , airline , alamein , align , aline , alkaline , alpine , arline , arlyne , asinine , assign , australopithecine , ballantine , barentine , baseline , benign , bloodline , borderline , bornstein , bovine , brandywine , brine , brookline , bryne , burdine , byline , byzantine , calamine , canine , capitoline , carbine , caroline , celandine , chine , clementine , cline , clozapine , clyne , coastline , columbine , combine , concubine , confine , constantine , crine , crystalline , dateline , deadline , decline , define , design , devine , dewine , dhein , dine , disincline , dopamine , dragline , dwine , earthshine , eglantine , ein , emeline , emlynne , emmeline , endocrine , enshrine , entwine , epstein , equine , erskine , evangeline , fein , feinstein , feline , feyen , fine , francyne , frankenstein , genuine , gourdine , grapevine , guideline , guynn , gwine , hainline , hairline , hammerstein , headline , hein , heine , hemline , heterodyne , heyen , hine , hornstein , hot-line , huynh , ice-nine , incline , intertwine , iodine , jacobine , jain , karoline , klein , kline , kyne , leontine , lichtenstein , liechtenstein , lifeline , limine , line , lupine , lyne , lysne , macalpine , mainline , malign , mcalpine , microdyne , midline , mine , missildine , moonshine , nadein , nine , online , opine , outline , outshine , palatine , palestine , pine , pipeline , porcupine , prine , pruyn , pyne , quinine , rankine , realign , reassign , recline , recombine , redefine , redesign , refine , resign , rhine , rhyne , rine , rubinstein , saccharine , schein , schlein , sein , serpentine , sharp-sign , shein , shine , shoeshine , shrine , sideline , sign , silverstein , sine , skyline , spine , spline , stein , stine , storyline , streamline , strine , strychnine , styne , sunshine , superheterodyne , supine , swine , thein , thine , timberline , tine , trine , turpentine , twine , tyne , underline , undermine , valentine , vandine , vanduyn , vanduyne , vine , waistline , wallenstein , whine , wine , wyne , zine