Destine
['destɪn] or ['dɛstɪn]
Definition
(verb.) decree or designate beforehand; 'She was destined to become a great pianist'.
Edited by Bertram--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) 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.
Checked by Dick
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Appoint, ordain, allot, devote, consecrate.[2]. Doom, decree.
Editor: Margie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Purpose, intend, design, doom, ordain, devote
ANT:alienate?, divorce, misapply, divert
Checker: Lowell
Definition
v.t. to ordain or appoint to a certain use or state: to fix: to doom—also Des′tinate (obs.).—ns. Destinā′tion the purpose or end to which anything is destined or appointed: end: purpose: design: fate: place to which one is going; Des′tiny the purpose or end to which any person or thing is destined or appointed: unavoidable fate: necessity.
Typist: Virginia
Examples
- What if my complaint be about to take a turn, and I am yet destined to enjoy health? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- But it was destined to come out before long. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Such taxes, when destined for the maintenance of the state, have some advantages, which may serve in some measure to balance their inconveniency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- That man is destined to be a prey to woman, as I am to go on 'Change every day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The greater part of it will naturally be destined for the employment of industry, and not for the maintenance of idleness. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- When younger, said he, I felt as if I were destined for some great enterprise. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The duties of excise are imposed chiefly upon goods of home produce, destined for home consumption. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Typist: Steven