Di·vine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.]
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.
Di·vin·ing a. That divines; for divining.
Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who claim to be able to discover water or metals under ground by sensing them through such a rod.
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