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Grammar : Noun
Spell : div-uh-ney-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɪv əˈneɪ ʃən



Définition of divination

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French divination (13c.), from Latin divinationem (nominative divinatio) "the power of foreseeing, prediction," noun of action from past participle stem of divinare, literally "to be inspired by a god" (see divine (adj.)).
  • noun fortune-telling
Example sentences :
  • Second sight is the term that is used for the divination of the highlanders.
  • Extract from : « The Poetical Works of William Collins » by William Collins
  • Knight, Andrew:—On the divination of flowers, 108;theory of cross-fertilization, 115.
  • Extract from : « My Studio Neighbors » by William Hamilton Gibson
  • Etruria furnished the people of Romulus with the science of divination.
  • Extract from : « The Superstitions of Witchcraft » by Howard Williams
  • It could not have been a divination, therefore it must have been some obscure phenomenon of memory.
  • Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • Nobody ever heard of even numbers in any case of divination.
  • Extract from : « The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 » by Thomas de Quincey
  • It is to be hoped that nothing worse than divination is intended.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • I had a positive aversion to all pretenders to "divination."
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • He is believed to be very clever in divination, and to be the patron of waters.
  • Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
  • Other parts of the animal bodies also were employed in divination.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy
  • The first of these lines is magic, the second is divination.
  • Extract from : « Introduction to the History of Religions » by Crawford Howell Toy

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