DIVINATOR
Div"i*na`tor, n. Etym: [L. See Divination.]
Defn: One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.]
Burton.
DIVINATORY
Di*vin"a*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. divinatoire.]
Defn: Professing, or relating to, divination. "A natural divinatory instinct." Cowley.
DIVINE Di*vine", a. Etym: [Compar. Diviner (; superl. Divinest.] Etym: [F. divin, L. divinus divine, divinely inspired, fr. divus, dius, belonging to a deity; akin to Gr. deus, God. See Deity.]
1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. "The immensity of the divine nature." Paley.
2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. "Divine protection." Bacon.
3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. "The divine Apollo said." Shak.
5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies. "The divine Desdemona." Shak. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.