[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

divination \div`ina"tion\, n. l. divinatio, fr. divinare,
   divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. f.
   divination. see divine.
   1. the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future
      events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by
      preternatural means.
      1913 webster

            there shall not be found among you any one that . .
            . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an
            enchanter.                            --deut. xviii.
                                                  10.
      1913 webster

   note: among the ancient heathen philosophers natural
         divination was supposed to be effected by a divine
         afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites,
         omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails
         of animals, etc.
         1913 webster

   2. an indication of what is future or secret; augury omen;
      conjectural presage; prediction.
      1913 webster

            birds which do give a happy divination of things to
            come.                                 --sir t.
                                                  north.
      1913 webster
see also:
divine 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

divination
     n 1: successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
     2: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration syn: prophecy
     3: the art or gift of prophecy or the pretense of prophecy by
        supernatural means syn: foretelling, soothsaying, fortune
        telling
see also:
prophecy foretelling soothsaying fortune telling 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

69 moby thesaurus words for "divination":
   alchemy, astrodiagnosis, astrology, astromancy, augury, bewitchery,
   charm, clairvoyance, crystal ball, crystal gazing, divining,
   enchantment, fetishism, fortunetelling, genethliacs, genethlialogy,
   glamour, gramarye, halomancy, haruspication, haruspicy, hoodoo,
   horoscopy, idolomancy, juju, jujuism, magic, mantic, mantology,
   natural magic, necromancy, obeah, onomancy, palm-reading,
   palmistry, pythonism, rune, shamanism, sorcery, sortes biblicae,
   sortes homericae, sortes praenestinae, sortes vergilianae,
   sortilege, spatulamancy, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting,
   spodomancy, stichomancy, sycomancy, sympathetic magic,
   thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theomancy,
   theurgy, vampirism, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic,
   witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry, xylomancy, zoomancy

[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

divination
   of false prophets deut. 18:10, 14; micah 3:6, 7, 11, of
   necromancers 1 sam. 28:8, of the philistine priests and
   diviners 1 sam. 6:2, of balaam josh. 13:22. three kinds of
   divination are mentioned in ezek. 21:21, by arrows, consulting
   with images the teraphim, and by examining the entrails of
   animals sacrificed. the practice of this art seems to have been
   encouraged in ancient egypt. diviners also abounded among the
   aborigines of canaan and the philistines isa. 2:6; 1 sam. 28.
   at a later period multitudes of magicians poured from chaldea
   and arabia into the land of israel, and pursued their
   occupations isa. 8:19; 2 kings 21:6; 2 chr. 33:6. this
   superstition widely spread, and in the time of the apostles
   there were "vagabond jews, exorcists" acts 19:13, and men like
   simon magus acts 8:9, bar-jesus 13:6, 8, and other jugglers
   and impostors 19:19; 2 tim. 3:13. every species and degree of
   this superstition was strictly forbidden by the law of moses
   ex. 22:18; lev. 19:26, 31; 20:27; deut. 18:10, 11.
   
     but beyond these various forms of superstition, there are
   instances of divination on record in the scriptures by which god
   was pleased to make known his will.
   
     1. there was divination by lot, by which, when resorted to
   in matters of moment, and with solemnity, god intimated his will
   josh. 7:13. the land of canaan was divided by lot num. 26:55,
   56; achan's guilt was detected josh. 7:16-19, saul was
   elected king 1 sam. 10:20, 21, and matthias chosen to the
   apostleship, by the solem lot acts 1:26. it was thus also that
   the scape-goat was determined lev. 16:8-10.
   
     2. there was divination by dreams gen. 20:6; deut. 13:1, 3;
   judg. 7:13, 15; matt. 1:20; 2:12, 13, 19, 22. this is
   illustrated in the history of joseph gen. 41:25-32 and of
   daniel 2:27; 4:19-28.
   
     3. by divine appointment there was also divination by the
   urim and thummim num. 27:21, and by the ephod.
   
     4. god was pleased sometimes to vouch-safe direct vocal
   communications to men deut. 34:10; ex. 3:4; 4:3; deut. 4:14,
   15; 1 kings 19:12. he also communed with men from above the
   mercy-seat ex. 25:22, and at the door of the tabernacle ex.
   29:42, 43.
   
     5. through his prophets god revealed himself, and gave
   intimations of his will 2 kings 13:17; jer. 51:63, 64.
   

[5] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)

divination, n.  the art of nosing out the occult.  divination is of as
many kinds as there are fruit-bearing varieties of the flowering dunce
and the early fool.

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