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Noun: diviner  di'vI-nu(r)
  1. Someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
    "The village relied on a diviner to locate underground water sources"
Adjective: divine (diviner,divinest)  di'vIn
  1. Emanating from God
    "divine judgment"; "divine guidance";
    - godly
     
  2. Resulting from divine providence
    "divine care";
    - providential
     
  3. Being or having the nature of a god
    "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his … powers"; "the divine will";
    - godlike
     
  4. Devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity
    "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"
     
  5. Appropriate to or befitting a god
    "the divine strength of Achilles";
    - godlike
     
  6. Excellent, beautiful or creative
    "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare";
    - elysian, inspired

Derived forms: diviners

See also: glorious, heavenly, sacred, superhuman

Type of: seer, visionary

Encyclopedia: Diviner

Divine, David