- 1[transitive] divine what, whether, etc… divine something (formal) to find out something by guessing She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
- 2[transitive, intransitive] divine (something) to search for underground water using a stick in the shape of a Y, called adivining rod
divine
verbNAmE//dəˈvaɪn//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they divine he / she / it divines
past simple divined
-ing form divining
Check pronunciation: divine