DIVINE, a. [L., a god.]
1. Pertaining to the true God; as the
divine nature; divine perfections.
2. Pertaining to a heathen deity, or
to false gods.
3. Partaking of the nature of
God.
Half human, half
divine.
4. Proceeding from God; as
divine judgments.
5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in
the highest degree; extraordinary; apparently above what is human.
In this application the word admits of comparison; as a
divine invention; a
divine genius; the divinest
mind.
A
divine sentence is in the lips of the
king. Prov 16.
6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient.
[Not used.]
7. Appropriated to God, or
celebrating his praise; as
divine
service; divine songs;
divine
worship.
DIVINE
, n.
1. A minister of the gospel; a
priest; a clergyman.
The first divines of New England were
surpassed by none in extensive erudition, personal sanctity, and
diligence in the pastoral office.
2. A man skilled in divinity; a
theologian; as a great
divine.
DIVINE
, v.t. [L.]
1. To foreknow; to foretell; to
presage.
Darst thou
divine his downfall?
2. To deify. [Not in
use.]
DIVINE
, v.i.
1. To use or practice
divination.
2. To utter presages or
prognostications.
The prophets thereof
divine for money. Micah 3.
3. To have presages or
forebodings.
Suggest but truth to my
divining thoughts--
4. To guess or conjecture.
Could you
divine what lovers
bear. 
