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Mvinare

Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)

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Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. To divine; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio; a conjecturing or guessing. Nemo tenetur divinare. No man is bound to divine; that is, to have foreknowledge of a future event. 10 Co. 56. No man is bound to guess at the intention of the parties to an instrument. Divinatio, non interpretatio est, quae omnino recedit a litera. That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter. Bacon's Max. 18, (in reg. 3,) citing Year-book, 3 Hen. VI. 20.