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De - Pt| English Dictionary: divining | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for divining | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Divining \Di*vin"ing\, a. That divines; for divining. {Divining rod}, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. A sagacity which divined the evil designs. --Bancroft. 2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak. 3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser. Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. | |
