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Webster 1913 Edition
Divining
Di-vin′ing
,Adj.
That divines; for divining.
Divining rod
, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who claim to be able to discover water or metals under ground by sensing them through such a rod.
Definition 2024
divining
divining
English
Noun
divining (countable and uncountable, plural divinings)
- 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.
- 1857, Martha Griffith Browne, Autobiography of a Female Slave (page 347)
Derived terms
Adjective
divining (not comparable)
- That or who divines (in any sense of the verb).
Derived terms
- all-divining
- ill-divining
- diviningly
- undivining
Related terms
See Related terms for divine
Verb
divining
- present participle of divine