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Divine Divinely God Describe Provided Relates Goddess Divining

query
You use d_____ to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess .You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess .
He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.
...divine inspiration.
The law was divinely ordained.
word divine
full-definition
adjective
You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess .
He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.
...divine inspiration.
The law was divinely ordained.
People use divine to express their pleasure or enjoyment of something.
'Isn't it divine?' she said. 'I wish I had the right sort of brooch to lend you for it.'.
Darling how lovely to see you, you look simply divine.
It smells divinely of orange zest.
noun
A divine is a priest who specializes in the study of God and religion.
verb
If you divine something, you discover or learn it by guessing.
...the child's ability to divine the needs of its parents and respond to them.
From this he divined that she did not like him much.
If you divine, you try to find underground supplies of water or minerals, using a special rod or pair of rods.
The only reason I was divining for water was because of the drought.
...a divining rod.
inflections divinesdiviningdivineddivinelydivinelydowse
cefr-level C1

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1

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