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Divine Di*vine", a. [Compar. Diviner; superl. Divinest.] [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. ?, and L. deus, God. See Deity.] 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. ``The immensity of the divine nature. --Paley. [1913 Webster]

2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. ``Divine protection. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship. [1913 Webster]

4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. ``The divine Apollo said. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. --Sir J. Davies. ``The divine Desdemona. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. --Prov. xvi. 10. [1913 Webster]

But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. --Gray. [1913 Webster]

6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

7. Relating to divinity or theology. [1913 Webster]

Church history and other divine learning. --South.

Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial; pious; holy; sacred; pre["e]minent. [1913 Webster]

Divine Di*vine", n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a theologian. See Divine, a.] 1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. ``Poets were the first divines. --Denham. [1913 Webster]

2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. [1913 Webster]

The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. --J. Woodbridge. [1913 Webster]

Divine Di*vine", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.] 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. [1913 Webster]

A sagacity which divined the evil designs. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]

2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. [1913 Webster]

Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.

Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. [1913 Webster]

Divine Di*vine", v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. [1913 Webster]

The prophets thereof divine for money. --Micah iii. 11. [1913 Webster]

2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. [1913 Webster]

Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly. [1913 Webster]