Word of the Day

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Happy Sunday to everyone! Try your hand at writing something using our word of the day, post it in the comments.                                                      SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1

Divination

[div-ə-NAY-shun]

Part of speech: noun

Origin: Latin, 14th century

The practice of foretelling the future by supernatural means

An especially strong sense of intuition or perception

Examples of Divination in a sentence

The fortune teller was known for her divination skills, using tea leaves and tarot cards.

His mother’s divination was so reliable that he always trusted her advice.

About Divination

Fortune telling is a form of divination. Practicers of divination claim to be able to predict the future by tapping into supernatural elements. Your grandmother may claim to have the second sight, you could play with a Ouija board, or you could go get your tarot cards read by a psychic — all forms of divination.

Did you Know?

Practices of divination can be found in almost every culture. Witches, shamans, fortune tellers, oracles, seers, and prophets claim to predict the future using rituals of divination. Whether you believe in their abilities to tap into the supernatural is up to you.

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

"Why didn't you say something?" Solo growled at his partner.

"Though you think that I have some supernatural ability, you are sorely mistaken. How was I supposed to know that a deer was going leap from the woods and land on the hood of the car?"

"What about that famous gut of yours?" Napoleon stepped out of the ruined car, carefully dusting bits of glass from his coat.

"That is instinct, based upon certain things that are happening. Though it may look like divination, it most certainly looked. Though I can predict that Mister Waverly will be angry about the condition of the car."

"No kidding,"Napoleon mumbled."Well at least you can tell him the deer survived."

"Why must I report it?? Illya crossed his arms in front of himself, looking rather defiant.

"You were driving."

"I am suddenly feeling light-headed; I think I was injured," Illya lied as he put the back of his hand to his forehead. ""It is best I lay down in the back seat until help arrives.

"You been watching some silent movies lately?" Napoleon asked. "Smart Russian."

"Or so you always tell me," Illya tried not to smile.

[pfrye.livejournal.com]

Napoleon Solo didn't put much faith in dreams, omens, divination of any kind. It wasn't that he disbelieved, in fact he had a healthy supercisious nature and he'd seen things that defied explanation as an agent for UNCLE. He didn't put any faith in what his partner would call nonsense or the trappings of a weak uneducated mind because he didn't want to know his future. He preferred to live his life to the fullest and not knowing his future enabled him to do that. It helped him to be happy. He wondered what his partner would say about his method.