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• devine
  devine

  adjective

  a frequent misspelling of divine.
• Devine
  Devine

  noun

  George ( Alexander Cassady ). 1910–65, British stage director and actor: founded (1956) the English Stage Company in London's Royal Court Theatre

devine

American  

adjective

1. a frequent misspelling of divine.

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Devine British  

/ dəˈviːn /

noun

1. George ( Alexander Cassady ). 1910–65, British stage director and actor: founded (1956) the English Stage Company in London's Royal Court Theatre

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Example Sentences

Ful wel she sange the service devine, Entuned in hire nose ful swetely.

From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various

As he was returning to Erfurt from a visit home, he was overtaken by a terrific thunderstorm, in which his excited imagination saw a devine warning to forsake the "world."

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

On devine sans peine ce qu'il dut être; et il en fut de même de deux autres que saint Louis, quoique par un autre motif, envoya peu après dans la même contrée.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard

To er is human but to forgive is devine.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon

And therfore according to ye devine proverb, yt a wise man seeth ye plague when it cometh, & hideth him selfe, Pro.

From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William