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Divine (Verb)

Search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

He claimed he could divine underground water by walking back and forth across the dry land with a forked stick.
The miners attempted to divine the location of the gold deposit using an old map and a metal rod.
She said she could divine the source of the mysterious smell using only a long wooden dowel.
Using a Y-shaped branch, he tried to divine the exact location of the underground pipe.
The treasure hunter attempted to divine the location of the lost city by observing subtle changes in the landscape.

Perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers.

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

She seemed to divine the moment when her opponent was about to crack under the pressure.
His words hinted at an event from his past, but she couldn't quite divine what had actually happened.
The psychic claimed she could divine the name of the person I was thinking of within seconds.
Her eyes locked onto the numbers on the bottom of the check, and she could instantly divine the total.
After years of analyzing behaviors, he thought he could divine a person's personality traits just by studying their body language.