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adj
comparative form of divine: more divine
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparative, form-of
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noun
One who foretells the future.
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noun
One who divines or conjectures.
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noun
One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
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noun
someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: visionary, illusionist, seer
Narrower terms: geomancer, hydromancer, lithomancer, necromancer, oneiromancer, onomancer, prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator, pyromancer, water witch, dowser, rhabdomancer
History
From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.
Across languages
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