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Webster 1913 Edition
Diviner
Di-vin′er
,Noun.
1.
One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means.
The
diviners
have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2.
2.
A conjecture; a guesser; one who makes out occult things.
Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Diviner
DIVINER
,Noun.
1.
One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by the aid of superior beings, or of supernatural means.These nations hearkened to diviners. Deuteronomy 18.
2.
One who guesses; a conjecturer.Definition 2024
diviner
diviner
English
Alternative forms
Noun
diviner (plural diviners)
- One who foretells the future.
- One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
Synonyms
- (one who foretells the future): foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- (one who searches for underground water): water diviner, dowser
Derived terms
Related terms
- see divine
Translations
one who foretells the future
one who searches for underground water
Adjective
diviner
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
diviner
- to divine
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of diviner
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | diviner | avoir diviné | |||||
| gerund | en divinant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | divinant | ||||||
| past participle | diviné | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | divine | divines | divine | divinons | divinez | divinent |
| imperfect | divinois, divinoys | divinois, divinoys | divinoit, divinoyt | divinions, divinyons | diviniez, divinyez | divinoient, divinoyent | |
| past historic | divina | divinas | divina | divinasmes | divinastes | divinerent | |
| future | divinerai, divineray | divineras | divinera | divinerons | divinerez | divineront | |
| conditional | divinerois, divineroys | divinerois, divineroys | divineroit, divineroyt | divinerions, divineryons | divineriez, divineryez | divineroient, divineroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | divine | divines | divine | divinons | divinez | divinent |
| imperfect | divinasse | divinasses | divinast | divinassions | divinassiez | divinassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | divine | — | divinons | divinez | — | ||