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search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water" perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance" glorious emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt"-Saturday Rev. heavenly 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 heavenly 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 superhuman devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy" sacred resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation" heavenly a clergyman or other person in religious orders terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God |
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