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Webster 1913 Edition
Destine
Des′tine
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Destined
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Destining
.] 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
Reserved, and
destined
to eternal woe. Milton.
Till the loathsome opposite
Of all my heart had
Of all my heart had
destined
, did obtain. Tennyson.
Syn. – To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.
Webster 1828 Edition
Destine
DESTINE
,Verb.
T.
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.