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divination
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Divination
(gcide) | 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.
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There shall not be found among you any one that . .
. useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter. --Deut. xviii.
10.
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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.
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2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen;
conjectural presage; prediction.
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Birds which do give a happy divination of things to
come. --Sir T.
North.
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divination
(wn) | divination
n 1: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn:
prophecy, divination]
3: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling,
soothsaying, fortune telling] |
divination
(devil) | DIVINATION, n. The art of nosing out the occult. Divination is of as
many kinds as there are fruit-bearing varieties of the flowering dunce
and the early fool.
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divination
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star divination
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divination
(wn) | divination
n 1: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration [syn:
prophecy, divination]
3: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling,
soothsaying, fortune telling] |
star divination
(wn) | star divination
n 1: a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the
planets and sun and moon [syn: astrology, {star
divination}] |
divination
(devil) | DIVINATION, n. The art of nosing out the occult. Divination is of as
many kinds as there are fruit-bearing varieties of the flowering dunce
and the early fool.
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