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divine

/dɪˈvaɪn/

divine adjective: of or pertaining to a god.

Adjective (1)

divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine)

  1. Of or pertaining to a god.
    • a divine being
    • divine existence
    Synonyms:
    deific, godlike, godly
    Antonyms:
    undivine, ungodly
  2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
    • divine power
    Antonyms:
    godless, secular, ungodly
  3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
    • divine skill
    • Divine decadence darling!1972, Jay Presson Allen, Cabaret, spoken by Sally Bowles (Liza Minnelli)
    Synonyms:
    supreme, ultimate
  4. Beautiful, heavenly.
  5. (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
    • Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC...
  6. (obsolete) immortal; elect or saved after death
    • 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.1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
    • (Of that at leaſure) but the bloody ſtage
      On which to act, Generall this night is thine,
      Thou lyeſt downe mortall, who muſt riſe diuine.1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age, Part 2
    Synonyms:
    blessed, elect, saved
  7. Relating to divinity or theology.
    • church history and other divine learning1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Noun

divine (plural divines)

  1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
    • Poets were the first divines.1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
  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. (capitalized, often) God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

Verb

divine (third-person singular simple present divines, present participle divining, simple past and past participle divined)

  1. (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
    • a sagacity which divined the evil designs1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC
    • Darest thou […] divine his downfall?1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
  2. (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
    • no secret can be told
      To any who divined it not before1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
    • If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 43”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
  3. (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
  4. To render divine; to deify.
    • Living on earth like angel new divined.1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard,Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier....

Proper noun capitalized: Divine

Divine (plural Divines)

  1. A surname.

Adjective (2) capitalized: Divine

Divine (comparative more Divine, superlative most Divine)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of divine.
    • My mind was never in a holier frame, than while I gazed on that untroubled image of Divine rest.1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter II, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume II, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 23
    • The love of your neighbor as yourself, is expressly given as the definition and test of Charity,—not alms-giving,—and this love is not only declared to be the highest of all the Divine commands, but also to be the only true test of love to God.1864, [Charles Tennant], “Conclusion”, in Utilitarianism Explained and Exemplified in Moral and Political Government, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, page 389

divine meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

divine in Hindi

of or pertaining to a god
दिव्य divya
eternal, holy or otherwise godlike
दिव्य divya
of superhuman or surpassing excellence
दिव्य divya, अपौरुषेय apauruṣey
beautiful, heavenly
दिव्य divya

divine in Marathi

दैवी, दैवीय

divine in Bengali

of or pertaining to a god
এলাহী elahi
eternal, holy or otherwise godlike
এলাহী elahi
beautiful, heavenly
আসমানী aśomani

divine in Telugu

of or pertaining to a god
దైవ daiva
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divine in Gujarati
દૈવી, દિવ્ય
divine in Sanskrit
दिव्य divya
divine in Assamese
দিব্য diibbo
divine in Nepali
दिव्य, दैवी, दैवीय
divine in Tagalog
binathala, dibino, mabathala
divine in Arabic
إِلٰهِيّ ʔilāhiyy, رَجُلُ دِينٍ rajulu dīnin, رِجالُ دِينٍ rijālu dīnin
divine in Malay
tuhan, ketuhanan, ilahi, ilahiah
divine in Indonesian
ilahi, surgawi
divine in Thai
บัณฑิต ban-dìt, เหนือมนุษย์

Examples of divine in a sentence

  • The gardens are just divine, but the interior of the house are even more splendid.
  • To err is human; to forgive, divine.
  • The divine truth is stronger than totalitarian falsehoods.

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Synonyms of divine

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Antonyms

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Forms of divine

Adjective
comparativemore divine
superlativemost divine
alternative formDivine
comparativemore Divine
superlativemost Divine
Noun
pluraldivines
Verb
third-person singular presentdivines
present participledivining
past participledivined
pastdivined
Proper noun
pluralDivines

Origin of divine

From Old French divin, from Latin dīvīnus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”). Displaced native Old English godcund.

Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin dīvīnō.

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Questions about divine

What does divine mean?
Divine means of or pertaining to a god.
What is divine in Hindi?
Divine in Hindi is दिव्य (divya), अपौरुषेय (apauruṣey). See Divine meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is divine?
Divine can be an adjective, a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce divine?
Divine is pronounced /dɪˈvaɪn/.

Words near divine in the dictionary

  1. divinatorial
  2. divinators
  3. divinatory
  4. DiVincenzo
  5. DiVincenzos
  6. divine
  7. divine coincidence
  8. divine command theory
  9. divine intervention
  10. divine interventions
  11. divine law

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Adapted from Wiktionary: divine (page history and authors); Divine (page history and authors); divine (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divine (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); divine (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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