Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: divine

'divine'

[godhead.n.01] as in: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

'divine'

[cleric.n.01] as in: a clergyman or other person in religious orders

'divine'

[divine.v.01] as in: perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

'divine'

[divine.v.02] as in: search by divining, as if with a rod

Examples:
He claimed he could divine underground water

'divine'

[divine.s.01] as in: emanating from God; ; ; -Saturday Review

Examples:
divine judgment
divine guidance
everything is black or white...satanic

or godly

'divine'

[providential.s.02] as in: resulting from divine providence

Examples:
providential care
a providential visitation

'divine'

[divine.s.03] as in: being or having the nature of a god; -J.G.Frazier;

; ; -J.G.Saxe

Examples:
the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers

the divine will
the divine capacity for love
'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create

'divine'

[divine.s.04] as in: devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

Examples:
divine worship
divine liturgy

'divine'

[divine.s.05] as in: appropriate to or befitting a god; ; ; -R.H.Roveref

Examples:
the divine strength of Achilles
a man of godlike sagacity
man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers

'divine'

[divine.s.06] as in: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

Examples:
her pies were simply divine
the divine Shakespeare
an elysian meal
an inspired performance

Origins

					divine (English)
├── devin (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
└── deviner (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
    └── divino (Latin)
        └── divinus (Latin)
            ├── -inus (Latin)
            │   └── ινος (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── divus (Latin)