Melvina may be divine* (see defintion 6 in adjectives, below) , and i think divine is what she 'wants' in the last line(s) .
it took me a bit of time to find this:
Divine
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Di`vine´
a. 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods.
5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king.
- Prov. xvi.10.
But not to one in this benighted age
Is that diviner inspiration given.
- Gray.
6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient.
Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill,
Misgave him.
- Milton.
7. Relating to divinity or theology.
Church history and other divine learning.
- South.
n. 1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian.
2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition.
- J. Woodbridge.
v. t. 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture.
[imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.]
A sagacity which divined the evil designs.
- Bancroft.
2. To foretell; to predict; to presage.
Darest thou... divine his downfall?
- Shak.
3. To render divine; to deify.
Living on earth like angel new divined.
- Spenser.
v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications.
The prophets thereof divine for money.
- Micah iii.11.
2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding.
Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts.
- Shak.
3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly.
WordNet Dictionary
Noun 1. DivineDivine - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Synonyms: Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Lord, Maker, Jehovah
2. divine - a clergyman or other person in religious orders
Synonyms: churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic
Verb 1. divine - perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers
2. divine - search by divining, as if with a rod; He claimed he could divine underground water
Adj. 1. divine - emanating from God; divine judgment; divine guidance; everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt-Saturday Rev.
Synonyms: godly
2. divine - resulting from divine providence; providential care; a providential visitation
Synonyms: providential
3. divine - being or having the nature of a god; the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers-J.G.Frazier; the divine will; the divine capacity for love; 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create-J.G.Saxe
Synonyms: godlike
4. divine - devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; divine worship; divine liturgy
5. divine - appropriate to or befitting a god; the divine strength of Achilles; a man of godlike sagacity; man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers-R.H.Roveref
Synonyms: godlike
* 6. divine - of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; her pies were simply divine; the divine Shakespeare; an elysian meal; an inspired performance
Synonyms: inspired, elysian
bri :) i like it.
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Melvina may be divine* (see defintion 6 in adjectives, below) , and i think divine is what she 'wants' in the last line(s) . it took me a bit of time to find this: Divine Webster's 1913 Dictionary Di`vine´ a. 1. Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will. 2. Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments. 3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship. 4. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, a deity; partaking of the nature of a god or the gods. 5. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. - Prov. xvi.10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. - Gray. 6. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. Yet oft his heart, divine of something ill, Misgave him. - Milton. 7. Relating to divinity or theology. Church history and other divine learning. - South. n. 1. One skilled in divinity; a theologian. 2. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman. The first divines of New England were surpassed by none in extensive erudition. - J. Woodbridge. v. t. 1. To foresee or foreknow; to detect; to anticipate; to conjecture. [imp. & p. p. Divined; p. pr. & vb. n. Divining.] A sagacity which divined the evil designs. - Bancroft. 2. To foretell; to predict; to presage. Darest thou... divine his downfall? - Shak. 3. To render divine; to deify. Living on earth like angel new divined. - Spenser. v. i. 1. To use or practice divination; to foretell by divination; to utter prognostications. The prophets thereof divine for money. - Micah iii.11. 2. To have or feel a presage or foreboding. Suggest but truth to my divining thoughts. - Shak. 3. To conjecture or guess; as, to divine rightly. WordNet Dictionary Noun 1. DivineDivine - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God Synonyms: Almighty, Creator, God Almighty, Godhead, Lord, Maker, Jehovah 2. divine - a clergyman or other person in religious orders Synonyms: churchman, cleric, ecclesiastic Verb 1. divine - perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers 2. divine - search by divining, as if with a rod; He claimed he could divine underground water Adj. 1. divine - emanating from God; divine judgment; divine guidance; everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt-Saturday Rev. Synonyms: godly 2. divine - resulting from divine providence; providential care; a providential visitation Synonyms: providential 3. divine - being or having the nature of a god; the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers-J.G.Frazier; the divine will; the divine capacity for love; 'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create-J.G.Saxe Synonyms: godlike 4. divine - devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; divine worship; divine liturgy 5. divine - appropriate to or befitting a god; the divine strength of Achilles; a man of godlike sagacity; man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers-R.H.Roveref Synonyms: godlike * 6. divine - of such surpassing excellence as to suggest divine inspiration; her pies were simply divine; the divine Shakespeare; an elysian meal; an inspired performance Synonyms: inspired, elysian bri :) i like it.