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Webster 1913 Edition


Destination

Desˊti-na′tion

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Noun.
[L.
destinatio
determination: cf. F.
destination
destination.]
1.
The act of destining or appointing.
2.
Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
Syn. – Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot; fate; end.

Webster 1828 Edition


Destination

DESTINATION

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Noun.
1.
The act of destining, or appointing.
2.
The purpose for which any thing is intended or appointed; end or ultimate design. Every animal is fitted for its destination.
3.
The place to which a thing is appointed, as the ship left her destination; but it is more usual to say, the place of her destination.