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Webster 1913 Edition


Destine

Des′tine

,
Verb.
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.
Syn. – To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.

Webster 1828 Edition


Destine

DESTINE

,
Verb.
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.

Definition 2024


destiñe

destiñe

See also: destine and destiné

Spanish

Verb

destiñe

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of desteñir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of desteñir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of desteñir.