Di*vin"er*ess, n. A woman who divines. Dryden.
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Div"ing (?), a. That dives or is used or diving.
Diving beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle of the family Dytiscidæ, which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger. -- Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above. -- Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine. -- Diving stone, a kind of jasper.
Di*vin"i*fy (?), v. t. [L. divinus divine + -fy.] To render divine; to deify. [Obs.] "Blessed and divinified soul." Parth. Sacra (1633).
Di*vin"ing (?), a. That divines; for divining.
Divining rod, a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.
Di*vin"ing*ly, adv. In a divining manner.
Div`i*nis"tre (?), n. A diviner. [Obs.] " I am no divinistre." Chaucer.
Di*vin"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Divinities (#). [F. divinité, L. divinitas. See Divine, a.] 1. The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.
When he attributes divinity to other things than God, it is only a divinity by way of participation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.