亚洲网紅露点

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divination

[ div-uh-ney-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the practice of attempting to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge by occult or supernatural means.
  2. augury; prophecy:

    The divination of the high priest was fulfilled.

  3. perception by intuition; instinctive foresight.


divination

/ 藢d瑟v瑟藞ne瑟蕛蓹n; d瑟藞v瑟n蓹t蓹r瑟; -tr瑟 /

noun

  1. the art, practice, or gift of discerning or discovering future events or unknown things, as though by supernatural powers
  2. a prophecy
  3. a presentiment or guess
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • divinatory, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲颈路惫颈苍路补路迟辞路谤测 [dih-, vin, -, uh, -tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of divination1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English divinacioun, from Anglo-French, from Latin 诲墨惫墨苍腻迟颈艒苍-, stem of 诲墨惫墨苍腻迟颈艒, equivalent to 诲墨惫墨苍腻迟(耻蝉) 鈥渟oothsaid鈥 (past participle of 诲墨惫墨苍腻谤别 鈥渢o soothsay鈥; divine ) + -颈艒 -ion
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Ancestral divination is imperative in order to get through to that, because they鈥檙e always there watching.

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Judging from the torrent of polling divinations, spirited debate and reportage dedicated to the potential ballot choices of our sons, brothers, husbands and uncles, women鈥檚 voting trends must be stagnant or just simpler, right?

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The ornate and carefully preserved drawings showcase the mysteries of medieval astrology as it intersected with medicine, divination and daily life in the Middle Ages.

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The earliest versions of tarot decks weren鈥檛 even used as a form of divination.

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He is playing digital divination, reaching for the stars with another narcissistic leap.

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