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Divine (Sébastien Tellier song)
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
(2) Emanating from God
"Divine judgment"
"Divine guidance"
"Everything is black1 or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
(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
(4) Resulting from divine providence
"Providential care"
"A providential visitation"
(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
(6) Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
"Divine worship"
"Divine liturgy"
noun
(7) Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
(8) A clergyman or other person in religious orders
verb
(9) Search by divining, as if with a rod
"He claimed he could divine underground water"
(10) Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
From , from , from .
Adjective
- of or pertaining to a god
- eternal, holy, or otherwise supernatural.
- of superhuman or surpassing excellence
- beautiful, heavenly
Synonyms
deific, godlike, godly hallowed, holy, sacred supreme, ultimate beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderfulAntonyms
undivine, ungodly godless, secular humdrum, mediocre, ordinary horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasantNoun
- a theologian or cleric
- (the Divine) a metaphor for a deity, especially the Christian one.
Synonyms
clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian Allah (Muslim), deity, god, God (Christian)Verb
- to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination
- to guess (something)
- to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
Related terms
- divinail
- divinal
- divination
- divinator
- divinatorial
- divinatory
- divinatrice
- divinify
- divinipotent
- divinise, divinize
- divinity
- predivine
Related terms
- a lo divino
- baculus divinatorius
- divinistre
- Divinópolis
- Divinópolis de Goiás
- La Divina
- lectio divina
- Liposcelis divinatorius
- Salvia divinorum
- São José do Divino
- virgula divina
- voce divinare
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Adverb
- prophetically, by divine inspiration
- divinely, admirably
Related terms
- dīvīnātiō
- dīvīnitās
- dīvīnitus
- dīvīnō
- dīvīnus