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

Adjective

divining (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

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Verb

divining

  1. present participle and gerund of divine

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