資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
                                                  --Bancroft.

   2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.

            Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak.

   3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.]

            Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.

   Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate;
        forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise.

Divining \Di*vin"ing\, a.
   That divines; for divining.

   {Divining rod}, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked
      branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or
      metals under ground.