Divine \Di*vine"\, n. [L. divinus a soothsayer, LL., a
   theologian. See {Divine}, a.]
   1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. "Poets were the
      first divines." --Denham.
      
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   2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
      
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            The first divines of New England were surpassed by
            none in extensive erudition.          --J.
                                                  Woodbridge.
      
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Divine \Di*vine"\, a. [Compar. {Diviner}; superl. {Divinest}.]
   [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus,
   dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. ?, and L. deus, God.
   See {Deity}.]
   1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine
      will. "The immensity of the divine nature." --Paley.
      
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   2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine
      protection." --Bacon.
      
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   3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious;
      pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine
      worship.
      
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   4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of
      the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said."
      --Shak.
      
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   5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree;
      supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In
      this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the
      divinest mind. --Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona."
      --Shak.
      
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            A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.
                                                  --Prov. xvi.
                                                  10.
      
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            But not to one in this benighted age
            Is that diviner inspiration given.    --Gray.
      
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   6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Obs.]
      
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            Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
            Misgave him.                          --Milton.
      
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   7. Relating to divinity or theology.
      
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            Church history and other divine learning. --South.

   Syn: Supernatural; superhuman; godlike; heavenly; celestial;
        pious; holy; sacred; pre["e]minent.
        
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Divine \Di*vine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Divined}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Divining}.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See
   {Divination}.]
   1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to
      conjecture.
      
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            A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
                                                  --Bancroft.
      
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   2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
      
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            Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak.
      
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   3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]
      
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            Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.

   Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate;
        forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.
        
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Divine \Di*vine"\, v. i.
   1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination;
      to utter prognostications.
      
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            The prophets thereof divine for money. --Micah iii.
                                                  11.
      
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   2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
      
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            Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. --Shak.
      
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   3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
      
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