- 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.
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- 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
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