Part 3352

<hw>Div"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That dives or is used or diving.</def>

<cs><col>Diving beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any beetle of the family <spn>Dytiscid\'91</spn>, which habitually lives under water; -- called also <altname>water tiger</altname>.</cd> -- <col>Diving bell</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Diving dress</col>. <cd>See <cref>Submarine armor</cref>, under <er>Submarine</er>.</cd> -- <col>Diving stone</col>, <cd>a kind of jasper.</cd></cs>

<h1>Divinify</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vin"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>divinus</ets> divine + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render divine; to deify.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Blessed and <i>divinified</i> soul."

<i>Parth. Sacra (1633).</i>

<h1>Divining</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vin"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That divines; for divining.</def>

<cs><col>Divining rod</col>, <cd>a rod, commonly of witch hazel, with forked branches, used by those who pretend to discover water or metals under ground.</cd></cs>

<h1>Diviningly</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vin"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a divining manner.</def>

<h1>Divinistre</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Div`i*nis"tre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A diviner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> " I am no <i>divinistre</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Divinity</h1> <Xpage=439>

<hw>Di*vin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Divinities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>divinit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>divinitas</ets>. See <er>Divine</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being divine; the nature or essence of God; deity; godhead.</def>

<blockquote>When he attributes <b>divinity</b> to other things than God, it is only a <b>divinity</b> by way of participation. <i>Bp. Stillingfleet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The Deity; the Supreme Being; God.</def>

<blockquote>This the <b>divinity</b> that within us. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pretended deity of pagans; a false god</def>.

<blockquote>Beastly <b>divinities</b>, and droves of gods. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A celestial being, inferior to the supreme God, but superior to man.</def>

<blockquote>God . . . employing these subservient <b>divinities</b>. <i>Cheyne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Something divine or superhuman; supernatural power or virtue; something which inspires awe.</def>

<blockquote>They say there is <b>divinity</b> in odd numbers. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>There's such <b>divinity</b> doth hedge a king. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The science of divine things; the science which treats of God, his laws and moral government, and the way of salvation; theology.</def>

<blockquote><b>Divinity</b> is essentially the first of the professions. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>