1. (

• divine

) perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers ;

2. (

• divine

) search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water" ;

1. (

• divine ,
• godly

) emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review ;

2. (

• providential ,
• divine ,

) resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" ;

3. (

• divine ,
• godlike

) being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe ;

4. (

• divine

) devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy" ;

5. (

• divine ,
• godlike

) appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref ;

6. (

• divine ,
• elysian ,
• inspired

) being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" ;