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I [daʊz] II [daʊz]verbo intransitivo cercare con la bacchetta da rabdomante* * *I [daʊz] II [daʊz]verbo intransitivo cercare con la bacchetta da rabdomante -
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I [dɪ'vaɪn]1) [ intervention] divino2) colloq. (wonderful) divino, magnificoII [dɪ'vaɪn]1) lett. (intuit) divinare, predire2) (dowse) scoprire con la rabdomanzia* * *1. adjective1) (of or belonging to God or a god: divine wisdom.) divino2) (very good or excellent: What divine weather!) magnifico2. verb(to find out by keen understanding: I managed to divine the truth.) predire, indovinare- diviner
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- divinity* * *divine /dɪˈvaɪn/A a.1 divino ( anche fig.): divine providence, la provvidenza divina; the divine Shakespeare, il divino Shakespeare2 (fam. antiq.) divino, ottimo: divine weather, tempo ottimo; The food was divine, il cibo era divinoB n. (antiq.)1 teologo2 sacerdote; ecclesiastico● divine right, diritto divino; (fig.) diritto assoluto: He was king by divine right, era re per diritto divino; What gives you the divine right to decide what we do?, cosa ti dà il diritto assoluto di decidere cosa dobbiamo fare? □ divine service, servizio religioso, funzione sacra ( nelle chiese protestanti)divinely avv. divineness n. [u]. (to) divine /dɪˈvaɪn/v. t. e i.1 (form.) intuire, presagire: to divine sb. 's intentions, presagire le intenzioni di q.; She divined that he was unhappy, ha intuito che era infelice2 divinare, prediredivinern.1 divinatore; indovinodiviningn. [u]● divining rod (o stick), bacchetta da rabdomante.* * *I [dɪ'vaɪn]1) [ intervention] divino2) colloq. (wonderful) divino, magnificoII [dɪ'vaɪn]1) lett. (intuit) divinare, predire2) (dowse) scoprire con la rabdomanzia
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