"geomance" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from geomancy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "geomances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geomancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geomanced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geomanced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "geomance (third-person singular simple present geomances, present participle geomancing, simple past and past participle geomanced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Ping-Chiu Yen, Proverbs, Songs, Epic Narratives, Folktales of East Asia, page 209:",
          "text": "In a broad sense, the Hero may be regarded as a shamanic figure with the capacity for geomancing. This idea can be compared with the concept of using a divining rod to find an underground water source.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Brad Olsen, Sacred Places: 101 Spiritual Sites Around the World, page 15:",
          "text": "It is possible that stone arrangements acted as crystal acupuncture needles used to geomance the living Earth.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divine by geomancy."
      ],
      "id": "en-geomance-en-verb-CssamNap",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "divine",
          "divine"
        ],
        [
          "geomancy",
          "geomancy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To divine by geomancy."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "geomance"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from geomancy.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "geomances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geomancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geomanced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geomanced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Ping-Chiu Yen, Proverbs, Songs, Epic Narratives, Folktales of East Asia, page 209:",
          "text": "In a broad sense, the Hero may be regarded as a shamanic figure with the capacity for geomancing. This idea can be compared with the concept of using a divining rod to find an underground water source.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Brad Olsen, Sacred Places: 101 Spiritual Sites Around the World, page 15:",
          "text": "It is possible that stone arrangements acted as crystal acupuncture needles used to geomance the living Earth.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To divine by geomancy."
      ],
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        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "divine",
          "divine"
        ],
        [
          "geomancy",
          "geomancy"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) To divine by geomancy."
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
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  "word": "geomance"
}