group, grade, rate, assort, dispose,
dividend, n. 1. share, portion, quantum, Inf. cut, Inf split, Archaic, meed; surplus, gain.
2. bonus, extra, lagniappe, plus, fringe benefit, perquisite, Inf perk, Sl. freebie,
divination, n. 1. augury, prophecy, soothsaying, Obs. hariolation, forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication, oracle, vaticination, Obs. Rare, fatid-icency, Obs. Rare, mantology.
2. sortilege, astrology, horoscope, haruspicy, harus-pication, geomancy, hydromancy, rhabdomancy, auspice, ornithomancy, arithmancy, necromancy, biblio-mancy, belomancy, spodomancy, graptomancy, gyro-mancy, lithomancy, halomancy, hieromancy, hiero-scopy, (usu. jocular) pedomancy.
3. magic, sorcery, thaumaturgy, necromancy, witchcraft, incantation, spell, charm; omen, presage, sign, portent.
4. intuition, foreknowledge, prescience, prevision, instinctive foresight, clairvoyance, discernment; presentiment, presage, premonition, forewarning, foreboding; surmise, conjecture, supposition, presumption, assumption, speculation, guesswork.
divine, adj. 1. godly, godlike, deiform, deified; sacred, religious, holy, saintly, sainted, venerable, angel ic, seraphic, blessed, blest, sanctified, hallowed, consecrated.
2. heavenly, celestial, spiritual, ethereal, supernal; beatific, blissful, rapturous, ecstatic; supreme, exalted.
3. supernatural, preternatural, superhuman; transcendent, supermundane, hyper physical, immaterial.
4. Informal, superlative, Inf. super, admirable; lovely, charming, stunning, striking; fashionable, chic. -n. 5. theologian, canonist, decretist, exegete, hierophant, rabbi, religious scholar, hierologist, Doctor of the Church, Talmudist, Talmudic scholar.
6. clergyman, ecclesiastic, churchman, cleric, clerk, Brit, blackcoat; priest, father, padre, abbd, confessor; minister, parson, Dial, dominie, curate, curd, chaplain, U.S. Mil. Sl. sky pilot; pastor, shepherd, vicar, canon, rector; high priest, bishop, prelate, hierarch; preacher, evangelist; presbyter, elder.
-v. 7. prophesy, discover by divination, foretell, predict, foresee, foreknow, forecast, forewarn, prognosticate, vaticinate, Obs. hariolate.
8. presage, augur, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, bode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, shadow forth, signify, point to, Obs. auspicate.
9. conjecture, surmise, guess, speculate, suspect, suppose, assume, presume, theorize, hypothesize; intuit, discern, perceive, fancy, imagine, dream; understand, fathom, apprehend, grasp, comprehend.
diviner, n. 1. prophet, soothsayer, seer, clairvoyant, oracle, augur, fortuneteller, prognosticator, Chaldean, astrologer, geomancer, (in ancient Rome) harus-pex; prophetess, sibyl, witch; sorcerer, conjurer, wizard, magician, necromancer.
2. conjecturer, surmiser, guesser, theorizer, theorist, hypothesizer, hypothesist; interpreter, reader, expounder, explainer,
divinity, n. 1. uncreated being, godhood, God, the Deity, the Godhead, Omnipotence, Omniscience, Providence, the Absolute, the Infinite, the Eternal, the First Cause, the Unmoved Mover.
2. deity, god, goddess, genius, spirit, guardian, Class. Myth daemon, Hindu Myth, diva, angel, seraph.
3. theology, Scripture, Torah, Talmud; canon law, religion, theosophy, hierology, hagiography, hagiol-ogy.
4. godliness, excellence, perfection, supreme virtue.