divine, devyne, devynen

t. & i. [Fr. déviner, from Lat. divi no, from divinus divine, holy; Ital. div in are; Sp. adivinar; Port. adevin har.] [DIVINE, a. ] A. Intransitive: divining 1. On who practices or profe es divination; one who pretends to foretell future events or to reveal occult things by supernatural means; an augur, a seer. "The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams." Zech. ix. 2. 2. One who divines, gue es, or conjectures; a gue er, a conjecturer. "If he himself be conscious of nothing he then thought on, he must be a notable diviner of thoughts, that can a ure him that he was thinking."-Locke. di-vin-er-e , *di-vin-er-e e, s. [Fr. div in ere e.] A woman who practices or profe es divination; a prophete . "The mad divinere had plainly writ." Dryden: Hind and Panther , iii. 490. div'-lng, pr . par ., a. & s. [DIVE, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. The act of plunging head foremost into water or other fluid; the act of making or taking a dive. 2. The act, practice, or art of descending and remaining for a certain period under water, by means of a diving-bell (q. v.). It is practiced for various purposes, such as coral, pearl, or sponge fishing; examining the bottom of rivers, the sea, ., for engineering purposes; the raising or removing of sunken ve els, or the recovery of valuable stores, ., from them.