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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
divine
a clergyman or other person in religious orders
• Syn:
cleric, churchman, ecclesiastic
• Hypernyms:
clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
• Hyponyms:
ordainer, pardoner, pluralist
• Instance Hyponyms:
a Kempis, Thomas a Kempis, Bruno, Saint Bruno, St. Bruno
1. perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
• Derivationally related forms:
divinatory, divination, diviner
• Hypernyms:
perceive, comprehend
• Hyponyms:
chiromance
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. search by divining, as if with a rod
- He claimed he could divine underground water
• Derivationally related forms:
diviner
• Hypernyms:
search, seek, look for
• Hyponyms:
dowse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
1. emanating from God (Freq. 4)
- divine judgment
- divine guidance
- "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
• Syn:
godly
• Similar to:
heavenly
• Derivationally related forms:
God (for: godly), godliness (for: godly)
2. resulting from divine providence (Freq. 1)
- providential care
- a providential visitation
• Syn:
providential
• Similar to:
heavenly
• Derivationally related forms:
providence (for: providential)
3. being or having the nature of a god (Freq. 1)
- "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
• Syn:
godlike
• Similar to:
heavenly
• Derivationally related forms:
divinity
4. devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
- divine worship
- divine liturgy
• Similar to:
sacred
• Derivationally related forms:
divinity
5. 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
• Syn:
godlike
• Similar to:
superhuman
6. 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
• Syn:
elysian, inspired
• Similar to:
glorious
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