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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: destined adj 1: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"; often used as a combining form "school-bound children"; "college-bound high school students" [syn: {bound}] 2: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: {bound(p)}]
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