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supernatural
English
Etymology
From Middle English supernatural, supernatural, from Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supern?t?r?lis, from super (“above”) + n?t?ra (“nature; that which we are born with”), from n?tus (“born”), perfect passive participle of n?sc? (“to be born”) + adjective suffix -?lis.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?p??nat?(?)??l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?s(j)u?p??næt???l/, /?s(j)u?p??næt???l/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?s(j)??p??n?t???(l)/
Adjective
supernatural (comparative more supernatural, superlative most supernatural)
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that which humans are born with.
- In Roman Catholic theology, sanctifying grace is considered to be a supernatural addition to human nature.
- Stephen King's first novel is about a girl named Carrie dealing with supernatural powers.
- March 14, 2018, Roger Penrose writing in The Guardian, 'Mind over matter': Stephen Hawking – obituary
- As with the Delphic oracle of ancient Greece, physical impairment seemed compensated by almost supernatural gifts, which allowed his mind to roam the universe freely, upon occasion enigmatically revealing some of its secrets hidden from ordinary mortal view.
- Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully if at all.
Synonyms
- extraordinary, paranormal, preternatural, supranatural, unnatural
Antonyms
- ordinary
- natural
Translations
Noun
supernatural (plural supernaturals)
- (countable) A supernatural being
- (uncountable) Supernatural beings and events collectively (when used with definite article: "the supernatural")
- 2012, Blake Morrison, The Guardian, [1]:
- Dr Johnson defended Shakespeare's use of the supernatural from the charge of implausibility on the grounds that, "The reality of witchcraft … has in all ages and countries been credited by the common people, and in most by the learned."
- 2012, Blake Morrison, The Guardian, [1]:
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- supernaturel
Etymology
From Middle French supernaturel, from Latin supern?t?r?lis; equivalent to super- +? natural.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?siu?p?rna??tiu?ral/, /?siu?p?rna??tiu?r?l/, /?siu?p?rna?tiu?ral/, /?siu?p?rna?tiu?r?l/
Adjective
supernatural
- (Late Middle English, religion) Deity-related; from God.
Descendants
- English: supernatural
- Scots: supernatural
References
- “supern??t?r?l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin supern?t?r?lis.
Adjective
supernatural (plural supernaturales)
- supernatural
- Synonym: sobrenatural
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divine
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?-v?n?, IPA(key): /d??va?n/
- Rhymes: -a?n
Etymology 1
From Old French divin, from Latin d?v?nus (“of a god”), from divus (“god”).
Adjective
divine (comparative more divine, superlative most divine)
- Of or pertaining to a god.
- Eternal, holy, or otherwise godlike.
- Of superhuman or surpassing excellence.
- Beautiful, heavenly.
- (obsolete) Foreboding; prescient.
- (obsolete, of souls) immortal; elect or saved after death
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age, Part 2:
- (Of that at lea?ure) but the bloody ?tage
On which to act, Generall this night is thine,
Thou lye?t downe mortall, who mu?t ri?e diuine.
- (Of that at lea?ure) but the bloody ?tage
- 1632, Thomas Heywood, The Iron Age, Part 2:
- Relating to divinity or theology.
- church history and other divine learning
Synonyms
- (of or pertaining to a god): deific, godlike, godly
- (eternal, holy): hallowed, holy, sacred
- (of superhuman or surpassing excellence): supreme, ultimate
- (beautiful, heavenly): beautiful, delightful, exquisite, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, marvellous/marvelous, splendid, wonderful
Antonyms
- (of or pertaining to a god): undivine, ungodly
- (eternal, holy): godless, secular, ungodly
- (of superhuman or surpassing excellence): humdrum, mediocre, ordinary
- (beautiful, heavenly): horrible, horrid, nasty, unpleasant
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
divine (plural divines)
- One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- Poets were the first divines.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
- December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth
- The first divines of New England […] were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
- December 22, 1820, John Woodbridge, Sermon preached in Hadley in commemoration of the landing our fathers at Plymouth
- (often capitalized, with 'the') God or a god, particularly in its aspect as a transcendental concept.
Synonyms
- (theologian, cleric): clergyman, cleric, man of the cloth, theologian
- (a deity): deity, god, God, Allah (Muslim)
Derived terms
- archdivine
- school-divine
Translations
Etymology 2
Replaced Middle English devine, devin from Middle French deviner, from Latin d?v?n?.
Verb
divine (third-person singular simple present divines, present participle divining, simple past and past participle divined)
- (transitive) To foretell (something), especially by the use of divination.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- a sagacity which divined the evil designs
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- (transitive) To guess or discover (something) through intuition or insight.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- no secret can be told
To any who divined it not before
- no secret can be told
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 43
- If in the loneliness of his studio he wrestled desperately with the Angel of the Lord he never allowed a soul to divine his anguish.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 250c.
- I suppose that we truly are divining that what is is some third thing when we say that change and stability are.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- (transitive) To search for (underground objects or water) using a divining rod.
- To render divine; to deify.
- c. 1591-1592, Edmund Spenser, Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard, Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier
- Living on earth like angel new divined.
- c. 1591-1592, Edmund Spenser, Daphnaïda. An Elegy upon the Death of the Noble and Vertuous Douglas Howard, Daughter and Heire of Henry Lord Howard, Viscount Byndon, and Wife of Arthure Gorges Esquier
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Related terms
- a lo divino
- baculus divinatorius
- divinistre
- Divinópolis
- Divinópolis de Goiás
- La Divina
- lectio divina
- Liposcelis divinatorius
- Salvia divinorum
- São José do Divino
- virgula divina
- voce divinare
Anagrams
- dive in
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.vin/
- Rhymes: -in
Adjective
divine
- feminine singular of divin
Italian
Adjective
divine
- feminine plural of divino
Latin
Etymology
From d?v?nus (“of divine origin”)
Adverb
d?v?n? (comparative d?v?nius, superlative d?v?nissim?)
- prophetically, by divine inspiration
- divinely, admirably
Synonyms
- (divinely, admirably): d?v?nitus
Related terms
- d?v?n?ti?
- d?v?nit?s
- d?v?nitus
- d?v?n?
- d?v?nus
References
- divine in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- divine in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- divine in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Spanish
Verb
divine
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of divinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of divinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of divinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of divinar.
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