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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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