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divine
v.
foretell the future; find water or another substance using a divining rod; sense, intuitively understand
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Divination
Divination (from Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god", related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens, or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency.
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divine
Noun
1. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
(synonym) cleric, churchman, ecclesiastic
(hypernym) clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
(hyponym) ordainer
Verb
1. perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
(hypernym) perceive, comprehend
(hyponym) chiromance
(derivation) prophecy, divination
2. search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"
(hypernym) search, seek, look for
(hyponym) dowse
(derivation) diviner
Adjective
1. emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt"-Saturday Rev.
(synonym) godly
(similar) heavenly
2. resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation"
(synonym) providential
(similar) heavenly
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
(synonym) godlike
(similar) heavenly
4. devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"
(similar) sacred
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
(synonym) godlike
(similar) superhuman
6. of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
(synonym) elysian, inspired
(similar) glorious
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Divining
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Divine
of Divine
(a.)
That divines; for divining.
That divines; for divining.
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divination (divining)
Alleged supernatural (a) foreseeing of events or (b) attainment of occult knowledge.
dowsing (divining, questing, water witching)
Purported means of gaining insight into the diagnosis and treatment of physical and emotional health problems (see "radiesthesia."). It encompasses forms of remote diagnosis: one involving a recent photograph of the subject, another a stand-in ("proxy") for the subject. Elementary dowsing tools include the forked branch (divining rod) and the pendulum. Dowsing's postulate is that human thoughts "transcend" human bodies, species, and spacetime as usually conceived.
