# divining

Pronunciation: say "di-VYN-ing" /dɪˈvaɪnɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of divine. — present participle and gerund of divine
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of divine. Use this -ing form for the action happening now.
   - _The detectives were divining the suspect's motives from a handful of scattered clues._
   - _Divining the outcome of the election proved impossible for the pollsters._

## Noun

2. The act of discovering or guessing something hidden, whether through insight, prophecy, or searching the ground for water and minerals.
   - Simple: The act of finding out something hidden, by guessing, by magic, or by searching with special tools.
   - _The old dowser's divining for water saved the parched village that summer._
   - _Her uncanny divining of people's secrets unsettled the whole household._

## Adjective

3. Foretelling the future, perceiving hidden things by insight, or searching out underground water or minerals.
   - Simple: Describing a person or thing that finds out hidden things or future events, by insight, magic, or searching.
   - _The court kept a divining priest who read the king's fortune in the flight of birds._
   - _Her divining glance settled at once on the one guest who was lying._

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