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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Divine \Di*vine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.] [L. divinare: cf. F. deviner. See Divination.] 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. [1913 Webster]

    A sagacity which divined the evil designs. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]

    2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. [1913 Webster]

    Darest thou . . . divine his downfall? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

    3. To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

    Living on earth like angel new divined. --Spenser.

    Syn: To foretell; predict; presage; prophesy; prognosticate; forebode; guess; conjecture; surmise. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Divining \Di*vin"ing\, a. That divines; for divining. [1913 Webster]

    Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who claim to be able to discover water or metals under ground by sensing them through such a rod. [1913 Webster]