Divine vs Presage - What's the difference?

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Divine is a related term of presage.

As verbs the difference between divine and presage

is that divine is to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination while presage is .

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)

of or pertaining to a god

eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.

of superhuman or surpassing excellence

beautiful, heavenly

(obsolete) foreboding; prescient

* Milton

Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, / Misgave him.

Relating to divinity or theology.

* South

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, wonderful

Antonyms

* (of or pertaining to a god) undivine, ungodly * (sense) godless, secular, ungodly * (of superhuman or surpassing excellence) humdrum, mediocre, ordinary * (sense) horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasant

Derived 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 * undivinelike

Noun

(en noun)

One skilled in divinity; a theologian.

* Denham

Poets were the first divines .

A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.

* J. Woodbridge

The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.

God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept

Synonyms

* (sense) clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian * (a deity) deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)

Derived terms

* archdivine * school-divine

Etymology 2

From (etyl) deviner, from (etyl) divino.

Verb

(divin)

to foretell (something), especially by the use of divination

* Bancroft

a sagacity which divined the evil designs

* Shakespeare

Darest thou divine his downfall?

to guess (something)

* 1874 ,

no secret can be told
To any who divined it not before

* 1919 ,

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.

* 2005 , .

I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.

to search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod

To render divine; to deify.

* Spenser

Living on earth like angel new divined .

Derived terms

(derived terms) * divinable * divined * divinement * diviner * divineress * divining * divinise, divinize * divinister

Anagrams

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presage

English

Noun

(en noun)

A warning of a future event; an omen.

An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.

Verb

(presag)

To predict or foretell something.

* Shakespeare

My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.

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To make a prediction.

To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

Synonyms

* foreshadow * portend