divine

/dɪˈvaɪn/
adjectivenounverb

Of or pertaining to a god.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to a god.

    “a divine being”

  2. Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

  3. Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.

  4. Beautiful, heavenly.

Noun 3 meanings

  1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

  2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

  3. God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.

Verb 4 meanings

  1. To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.

  2. To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.

  3. To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.

  4. To render divine; to deify.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

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

Similar and opposite words

Similar
deificgodlikegodlyhallowedholysacredblessedcelestial
Opposite
undivineungodlygodlesssecularhumdrummediocre

DIVINE at a glance

DIVINE has 6 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + V 4 + I 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,666 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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