DIVINE - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective

emanating from God

Example: divine judgment; divine guidance; everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Verb

search by divining, as if with a rod

Example: He claimed he could divine underground water

Categories: Search, Seek, Look for

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective

being or having the nature of a god; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe

Example: 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

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective

devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity

Example: divine worship; divine liturgy

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective

appropriate to or befitting a god

Example: the divine strength of Achilles; a man of godlike sagacity; man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective

being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods

Example: her pies were simply divine; the divine Shakespeare; an elysian meal; an inspired performance