di·vine /dɪˈvaɪn/
1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
synset: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God_Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah
2. a clergyman or other person in religious orders
synset: cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic
1. perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
synset: divine
2. search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"
synset: divine
1. emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review
2. resulting from divine providence; "providential care"; "a providential visitation"
synset: providential, divine
3. being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe
4. devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"
synset: divine
5. appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref
6. being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
synset: divine, elysian, inspired
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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