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divinatory

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Divinatory \Di*vin"a*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. divinatoire.]
   Professing, or relating to, divination. ``A natural
   divinatory instinct.'' --Cowley.

Source : WordNet®

divinatory
     adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the
            high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic
            powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and
            infallible answers to questions" [syn: {mantic}, {sibylline},
             {sibyllic}, {vatic}, {vatical}]
     2: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence;
        "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still
        highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his
        absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead
        languages"; "supposititious hypotheses" [syn: {conjectural},
         {supposed}, {suppositional}, {suppositious}, {supposititious}]
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