divine

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
发音 dĭ-vīnʹ

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
    — Poets were the first divines.
  2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
    — December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
  3. God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept. capitalized,often
动词 v.
  1. To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination. transitive
    — a sagacity which divined the evil designs
  2. To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight. transitive
    — no secret can be told To any who divined it not before
  3. To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod. transitive
  4. To render divine; to deify.
    — Living on earth like angel new divined.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a god.
    — a divine being
  2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
    — divine power
  3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
    — divine skill
  4. Beautiful, heavenly.
  5. Foreboding; prescient. obsolete
    — Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
  6. immortal; elect or saved after death obsolete
    — Now Thomas Mowbray do I turne to thee, And marke my greeting well: for what I ſpeake, My body ſhall make good vpon this earth, Or my diuine ſoule anſwer it in heauen.
  7. Relating to divinity or theology.
    — church history and other divine learning

词形变化

more divine comparative most divine superlative Divine alternative divines plural divines present,singular,third-person divining participle,present divined participle,past divined past

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.
词源 2
Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.
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