Definition of Divinetion
Div`i*na"tion (?), n. [L.
divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee,
foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See
Divine.] 1. The act of divining; a
foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art
discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
There shall not be found among you any one that . . .
useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
enchanter. Deut. xviii. 10.
&fist; Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural
divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus;
artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances,
as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc.
2. An indication of what is future or secret;
augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
Birds which do give a happy divination of
things to come. Sir T. North.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
DIVINATION, n. The art of nosing out the occult. Divination is of as
many kinds as there are fruit-bearing varieties of the flowering dunce
and the early fool.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
- An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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