Divine vs Mother - 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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to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod
To render divine; to deify.
* Spenser
A (human) female who (a) s a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.
* 1988 , Robert Ferro, Second Son ,
* 1991 , (Susan Faludi), The Undeclared War Against American Women ,
A female parent of an animal.
(figuratively) A female ancestor.
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(figuratively) A source or origin.
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(when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
(figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community.
(figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
* The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. –Judges
* Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. –Galatians
A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed.
The female superior or head of a religious house; an abbess, etc.
(obsolete) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
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Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
(euphemistic, coarse, slang) Motherfucker.
(euphemistic, colloquial) A striking example.
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As an adjective divine
is of or pertaining to a god.As a noun divine
is one skilled in divinity; a theologian.As a verb divine
is to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.As a proper noun mother is
one's mother.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
* ----mother
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) ).Noun
(en noun)- I am visiting my mother'''(a) today.'' — ''My sister-in-law has just become a '''mother'''.(b)'' — ''Nutrients and oxygen obtained by the '''mother (c) are conveyed to the fetus.
- He had something of his mother in him, but this was because he realized that in the end only her love was unconditional, and in gratitude he had emulated her.
- The antiabortion iconography in the last decade featured the fetus but never the mother .
- The lioness was a mother of four cubs.
- And Ada[Adam] called his wyfe Heua[Eve] because she was the mother of all that lyveth
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- But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
- The Mediterranean was mother to many cultures and languages.
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- Alas, poor country: / Almost afraid to know itself! It cannot / Be call'd our mother , but our grave:
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- But one in the place of God and not God, is as it were a falsehood; it is the mother falsehood from which all idolatry is derived.
- Mother Smith, meet my cousin, Doug Jones.
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Synonyms
* See also * metro-Antonyms
* (with regards to gender) father * (with regards to ancestry) daughter, son, childHypernyms
* (a female parent) parentCoordinate terms
* (a female parent) fatherDerived terms
* antimother * be mother * biological mother * birth mother * foster mother * grandmother, great-grandmother * Mother City * Mother Earth * motherfucker * Mothering Sunday * mother-in-law * motherland * motherload * mother lode * Mother's Day * mother-to-be * mother wit * motherwort * refrigerator mother * stepmother * surrogate motherVerb
(en verb)- She had seen fewer years than any of us, but she was of such superb Evehood and simplicity that she mothered us from the beginning.
References
*American Heritage Dictionary of the English LanguageFourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company 2003.
Etymology 2
Calque of Arabic .Noun
(en noun)- "The great duel, the mother of all battles has begun." — (Saddam Hussein)