divine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
divine1
▶adjective (diviner, divinest)
- 1 of, from, or like God or a god.
■ devoted to God; sacred.
- 2 informal excellent; delightful.
- 1 dated a cleric or theologian.
- 2 (the Divine) providence or God.
– derivatives
divinely adverb,
divineness noun.
divinely adverb,
divineness noun.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. divinus, from divus ‘godlike’ (rel. to deus ‘god’).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
divine2
▶verb
- 1 discover by guesswork or intuition.
- 2 have supernatural or magical insight into (the future).
- 3 discover (water) by dowsing.
– derivatives
diviner noun.
diviner noun.
'divine' also found in these Oxford entries:
afflatus
- amrit
- antiphonary
- apotheosis
- asura
- augur
- blast
- bless
- blessed
- charismatic
- clarity
- commandment
- commination
- compline
- contemplation
- creationism
- cross
- damnable
- Dantean
- deity
- demigod
- deodar
- deva
- Devanagari
- dispensation
- disposition
- divine right of kings
- divine service
- divinity
- divinize
- enthusiasm
- eschaton
- Gnosticism
- godhead
- gracious
- heavenly
- humanism
- hypostasis
- inferno
- inspiration
- judgement
- kami
- kenosis
- lauds
- law
- lectionary
- Logos
- maenad
