Divining

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Divining \Di*vin"ing\, a.
     That divines; for divining.
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     {Divining rod}, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked
        branches, used by those who claim to be able to discover


        water or metals under ground by sensing them through such
        a rod.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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