divining

noun, adj — 2 senses

divining

noun

1

The action of the verb to divine in any sense.

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.1857, Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave, page 347:

Derived terms: divining rod, water divining

divining

adj

1

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

Derived terms: all-divining, ill-divining, diviningly, undivining

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