divining

English

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Noun

divining (countable and uncountable, plural divinings)

1. The action of the verb to divine in any sense.
   • 1857, Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave, page 347:

     We took a long stroll through the lamp-lit streets, talking of the blessed hopes that struggled in our bosoms; of the faint divinings of the future; told over the story of past sufferings, and renewed olden vows of devotion.

Derived terms

• divining rod
• water divining

Adjective

divining (not comparable)

1. That or who divines (in any sense of the verb).

Derived terms

• all-divining
• ill-divining
• diviningly
• undivining

Related terms

See Related terms for divine

Verb

divining

1. present participle and gerund of divine

Anagrams

• diving in