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Webster 1913 Edition


Diviner

Di-vin′er

,
Noun.
1.
One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
The
diviners
have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain.
Zech. x. 2.
2.
A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.
Locke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Diviner

DIVINER

,
Noun.
1.
One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by the aid of superior beings, or of supernatural means.
These nations hearkened to diviners. Deuteronomy 18.
2.
One who guesses; a conjecturer.

Definition 2024


diviner

diviner

English

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Noun

diviner (plural diviners)

  1. One who foretells the future.
  2. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

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Adjective

diviner

  1. comparative form of divine: more divine

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Latin

Verb

dīvīner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dīvīnō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin dīvīnō.

Verb

diviner

  1. to divine

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

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