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divinatory > define

adjective

  • Resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy.
    • usage: "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"
  • Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
    • usage: "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(a.) Professing or relating to, divination.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary