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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESTINE, v.t. [L.]
1. To set, ordain or appoint to a use, purpose, state or place. We destine a son to the ministerial office; a house for a place of worship; a ship for the London trade or to Lisbon; and we are all destined to a future state of happiness or misery.
2. To fix unalterable, as by a divine decree; as the destined hour of death.
3. To doom; to devote; to appoint unalterably.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate]
2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (destined; destining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner, from Latin destinare, from de- + -stinare (akin to Latin stare to stand) — more at stand Date: 14th century 1. to decree beforehand ; predetermine 2. a. to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance <the younger son was destined for the priesthood> <a trait that destines them to failure> b. to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place <freight destined for European ports>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (often foll. by to, for, or to + infin.) set apart; appoint; preordain; intend (destined him for the navy). Phrases and idioms: be destined to be fated or preordained to (was destined to become a great man). Etymology: ME f. F destiner f. L destinare (as DE-, stanare (unrecorded) settle f. stare stand)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Destine Des"tine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.] To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for. We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. --Milton. Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson. Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. --Longfellow. Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Appoint, ordain, allot, devote, consecrate. 2. Intend, design. 3. Doom, decree.

Moby Thesaurus

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