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Meaning of divine in English

(Definition of divine from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of divine

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Again, how 'militarism' was reinterpreted and divined is highly indicative.
Open censorship of such divines was thus not only undesirable, but might not in fact be necessary.
The primal scenes 'are not reproduced as recollections, but have to be divined - constructed - gradually and laboriously from an aggregate of indications '.
Fears were expressed by puritan divines that to thirst after natural knowledge was to run the risk of elevating reason at the expense of faith.
Nevertheless, the majority of divines, though they spoke of sanctification preceding justification, did not mean that one worked for justification.
The injunction that divines keep the pursuit of ancillary studies within proper bounds was not restricted to the domain of science.
Even a cursory survey would reveal that such a solution was adopted by a large number of scientifically-minded divines.
Like their physician and lawyer counterparts, university divines and country ministers might have made time to pursue their secular studies.
Often the answer to a fearsome-looking question can be divined by a little patient thought.
On the one hand, the scientific pursuits of many divines seemed sufficient proof for the harmonious coexistence of science and religion in the minds of practitioners.
As for those divines who did seek publication, they invariably found it necessary to account for their action and demonstrate that their "transgression" was apparent, not real.
Much can be divined about the symbolism underlying naming practice when the names given to children are compared with those of their parents, godparents, family members and other significant individuals.
The boldest and most prominent liberal divines of the 1870s and 1880s tended to be pastors who were less subject to ecclesiastical discipline than were seminary professors.
Indeed, the impossibility of divining from scratch the meanings that another person attaches to their words is more striking on the surface than comparable arguments for syntax.
Perhaps he divines some benefit in the argument he adduced.
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Translations of divine

in Chinese (Traditional)
似神一樣的, 神的, 像神一樣的…
in Chinese (Simplified)
似神一样的, 神的, 像神一样的…
in Spanish
divino, divino/ina [masculine-feminine]…
in Portuguese
divino, divino/-na [masculine-feminine]…
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神聖な, 神の, 神(かみ)の…
ilahi, ulu, yüce…
divin/-ine, divin, admirable…
diví…
goddelijk, heerlijk, gissen…
guddommelig, himmelsk, gisne…
gudomlig, härlig, underbar…
tuhan, sangat baik, mengagak…
göttlich, himmlisch, weissagen…
guddommelig, vidunderlig, skjønn…
божий, небесний, божественний…
божественный…
إلهَي, مُقَدَّس…
boží, božský, uhádnout…
ilahi, bagus, menemukan…
เกี่ยวกับพระเจ้า, เยี่ยมยอด, คาดการณ์…
thần thánh, tuyệt diệu, tiên đoán…
boski, wspaniały, odgadywać…
신의…
divino, magnifico, predire…
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