資料來源 : pyDict
占卜,蔔卦,預測
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Divination \Div`i*na"tion\, n. [L. divinatio, fr. divinare,
divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F.
divination. See {Divine}.]
1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future
events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by
preternatural means.
There shall not be found among you any one that . .
. useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter. --Deut. xviii.
10.
Note: Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural
divination was supposed to be effected by a divine
afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites,
omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails
of animals, etc.
2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen;
conjectural presage; prediction.
Birds which do give a happy divination of things to
come. --Sir T.
North.
資料來源 : WordNet®
divination
n 1: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn: {prophecy}]
3: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: {foretelling}, {soothsaying}, {fortune
telling}]