- diviner
- noun Date: 14th century 1. a person who practices divination ; soothsayer 2. a person who divines the location of water or minerals
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Diviner — Di*vin er, n. 1. One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means. [1913 Webster] The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
diviner — Diviner, Augurari. Le lieu où on divinoit, Auguraculum … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Diviner — For occult practitioners, see divination. Diviner is an infrared sensing instrument aboard NASA s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, part of the Lunar Precursor Robotic Program which is studying the moon. It is also referred to as the DLRE, for… … Wikipedia
diviner — Ⅰ. divine [1] ► ADJECTIVE (diviner, divinest) 1) of, from, or like God or a god. 2) informal excellent. ► NOUN 1) dated a cleric or theologian. 2) ( … English terms dictionary
diviner — noun a) one who foretells the future b) one who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod Syn: foreteller, fortune teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer … Wiktionary
diviner — /di vuy neuhr/, n. 1. a person who divines; soothsayer; prophet. 2. a person skilled in using a divining rod. [1300 50; DIVINE + ER1; r. ME divinour < AF < LL divinator soothsayer, equiv. to L divina(re) to DIVINE + tor TOR] * * * … Universalium
diviner — Synonyms and related words: Cassandra, Comus, Druid, Faust, astrologer, augur, calamity howler, conjurer, crystal gazer, diabolist, divinator, divineress, dowser, forecaster, foreknower, foreseer, foreshower, foreteller, fortuneteller, geomancer … Moby Thesaurus
diviner — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prophet, seer, sorcerer, witch; see magician 1 , prophet . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A person who foretells future events by or as if by supernatural means: augur, auspex, foreteller, haruspex, prophesier, prophet,… … English dictionary for students
diviner — di|vin|er [ dı vaınər ] noun count someone who finds out about the future by receiving signs from the spirit world … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
diviner — di vin·er || nÉ™ n. prophet, clairvoyant; one that searches for underground water or minerals using a divining rod … English contemporary dictionary
