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divining

/dih-vahyn/US // dɪˈvaɪn //UK // (dɪˈvaɪn) //

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adj.形容词 adjective
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    di·vin·er, di·vin·est.

    • : of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.
    • : addressed, appropriated, or devoted to God or a god; religious; sacred: divine worship.
    • : proceeding from God or a god: divine laws;divine guidance.
    • : godlike; characteristic of or befitting a deity:divine magnanimity.
    • : heavenly; celestial: the divine kingdom.
    • : extremely good; unusually lovely: He has the most divine tenor voice.
    • : being a god; being God: Zeus, Hera, and other divine beings in Greek mythology.
    • : of superhuman or surpassing excellence: Beauty is divine.
    • : Obsolete. of or relating to divinity or theology.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a theologian; scholar in religion.
    • : a priest or member of the clergy.
    • : the Divine, God.the spiritual aspect of humans; the group of attributes and qualities of humankind regarded as godly or godlike.
v.有主动词 verb
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    di·vined, di·vin·ing.

    • : to discover or declare by divination; prophesy.
    • : to discover by means of a divining rod.
    • : to perceive by intuition or insight; conjecture: She divined personal details about her customers based on their clothing and accents.It was not difficult to divine his true intent.
    • : Archaic. to portend.
v.无主动词 verb
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    di·vined, di·vin·ing.

    • : to use or practice divination; prophesy.
    • : to have perception by intuition or insight; conjecture.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • I’m not the first person to have divined that sculpture parks provide the safest way to enjoy art during a pandemic.

  • He stands neither as desperate, at age 37, to win a second Super Bowl nor burdened by the challenge of facing Tom Brady, the ultimate ring collector, in a divine NFC championship game showdown.

  • While fashion choice won’t divine the new administration’s policy goals, it is a subtle avenue into the first and second families’ mindset and how they hope to be perceived by the American public as the latest cast of Washington characters.

  • She said rather than railing, she and those working with her will be planning, carefully divining the most effective course.

  • Over time he realized that to do the job better, he needed to know the fundamentals of the ancient divining art.

  • Her father fled Libya four years after Col. Gaddafi came to power, divining where the country was heading.

  • There is a need to go deeper into a so-called spiritual belief system of your own divining.

  • Clipperton, instantly divining Matt's plan, started toward him, with the intention of helping him hang onto the end of the rope.

  • Napoleon, divining his plan, sent a messenger for Ney to come and strengthen Soult.

  • Bibliomancy, divining by means of the Bible, survived to a comparatively recent period.

  • Botanomancy, divining by means of plants and flowers, can hardly be said to be extinct even now.

  • "Not at all," replied he, discovering that she was out of humor, but not divining the cause.