DIVINE

divine. Divine, v.t. to foretel, foreknow, foresee, guess

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Di‐vine″ (?), a. [[Compar. Diviner (�); superl. Divinest.]] [[F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. �, and L. deus, God. See Deity.]] 1. 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. “The immensity of the divine nature.” Paley.
2. 2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. “Divine protection.” Bacon.
3. 3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
4. 4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. “The divine Apollo said.” Shak.
5. 5. 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. “The divine Desdemona.” Shak.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray. 6. 6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient.
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. Milton. 7. 7. Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning. South. Syn. — Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; preëminent.