Divine vs Apprehend - What's the difference?
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of or pertaining to a god
eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
of superhuman or surpassing excellence
beautiful, heavenly
(obsolete) foreboding; prescient
* Milton
Relating to divinity or theology.
* South
One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
* Denham
A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
* J. Woodbridge
God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept
to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination
* Bancroft
* Shakespeare
to guess (something)
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* 1919 ,
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to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
To render divine; to deify.
* Spenser
(archaic) To take or seize; to take hold of.
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To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider.
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To anticipate; especially, to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear.
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To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
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(material dates from 1913)
Divine is a related term of apprehend.
In lang=en terms the difference between divine and apprehend
is that divine is to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod while apprehend is to be apprehensive; to fear.As verbs the difference between divine and apprehend
is that divine is to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination while apprehend is (archaic) to take or seize; to take hold of.As an adjective divine
is of or pertaining to a god.As a noun divine
is one skilled in divinity; a theologian.divine
English
(wikipedia divine)Etymology 1
From (etyl) divin, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.
- church history and other divine learning
Synonyms
* (of or pertaining to a god) deific, godlike, godly * (sense) hallowed, holy, sacred * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) supreme, ultimate * (sense) beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderfulAntonyms
* (of or pertaining to a god) undivine, ungodly * (sense) godless, secular, ungodly * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) humdrum, mediocre, ordinary * (sense) horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasantDerived terms
* all-divine * argument from divine hiddenness * Book of Divine Worship * * * countenance divine * * divine afflatus * * divine command theory * divine countenance * divine fallacy * divine grace * divine guidance * divine healing * divine inspiration * divine intervention * divine judgement, divine judgment * divine kings * divine kingship * divine lady * divine language * divine law * * Divine Liturgy * divinely * Divine Mercy Sunday * divine messenger * Divine Mind * Divine Mother * divine move * Divine Mystery * divineness * Divine Office, divine office * divine polity * The Divine Praises * divine proportion * Divine Providence * divine ratio * divine retribution * divine revelation * divine right * divine rule * divine section * divine service * divine simplicity * divine spark * divinesse * * divine will healing * * Feast of the Divine Mercy * * indivine * Mother Divine * Revelation of Saint John the Divine * semi-divine, semidivine * * subdivine * * undivine * undivinelikeNoun
(en noun)- Poets were the first divines .
- The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
Synonyms
* (sense) clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian * (a deity) deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)Derived terms
* archdivine * school-divineEtymology 2
From (etyl) deviner, from (etyl) divino.Verb
(divin)- a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- Darest thou divine his downfall?
- no secret can be told
To any who divined it not before
- If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.
- I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.
- Living on earth like angel new divined .
Derived terms
(derived terms) * divinable * divined * divinement * diviner * divineress * divining * divinise, divinize * divinisterAnagrams
* ----apprehend
English
Verb
(en verb)- We have two hands to apprehend it.
- to apprehend a criminal .
- This suspicion of Earl Reimund, though at first but a buzz, soon got a sting in the king's head, and he violently apprehended it.
- The eternal laws, such as the heroic age apprehended them.
- The opposition had more reason than the king to apprehend violence.
- It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.
Usage notes
To apprehend, comprehend. These words come into comparison as describing acts of the mind. Apprehend denotes the laying hold of a thing mentally, so as to understand it clearly, at least in part. Comprehend denotes the embracing or understanding it in all its compass and extent. We may apprehend many truths which we do not comprehend. The very idea of God supposes that he may be apprehended, though not comprehended, by rational beings. We may apprehend much of Shakespeare's aim and intention in the character of Hamlet or King Lear; but few will claim that they have comprehended all that is embraced in these characters. --Trench.(material dates from 1913)
