Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To cause to have a certain outcome; preordain by fate or fortune.
- transitive verb To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose.
- transitive verb To direct toward a given destination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To set apart, ordain, or appoint to a use, purpose, office, or place.
- To appoint or predetermine unalterably, as by a divine decree; doom; devote.
- Synonyms To intend, mark out, consecrate, dedicate, decree, allot.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb 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 orfor .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
preordain - verb To
assign something (especially finance) for a particularuse - verb To have a particular
destination
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb decree or designate beforehand
- verb design or destine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In the old days, it was easy for the vast majority of American Christians to believe that, say, Jews and homosexuals to name but two of the many, many groups Christians traditionally so destine are going to hell.
John Shore: The Inevitability Of The Rise Of Progressive Christianity John Shore 2011
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Alas, Space-X is destine to run into the great wall of ITAR eventually.
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Tomorrow they direct you to state run hospitals, destine to eventually become like the hospital featured in One-Flew-Over-the-Cuckcoo's Nest.
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As for Ahsoka … well this is just my best guess on it since there has been nothing said about her main role in the new series but the writing is on the wall … she is destine to become a tragic hero.
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With three weeks left for Congress to act, the presidential nominees and members seem more inclined to disagree over short-term reprieves than dare to destine an enduring alternative to sustain future generations.
Michael Shank: House EPA Decision Indicative of Dangerous New Direction for Anti-Green Movement Michael Shank 2011
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These creative constraints he placed came from a deep conviction in his own values -- and also seemed to destine him for limited impact.
Viral Mehta: The World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion Viral Mehta 2011
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We did not pull all our Troop out of Korea and they apprieated to this day but we gradually let them take over there own destine and boy look at them now.
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Atalent and beauty, she was destine to take paths that were hers to conquer.
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These creative constraints he placed came from a deep conviction in his own values -- and also seemed to destine him for limited impact.
Viral Mehta: The World's Greatest Business Case for Compassion Viral Mehta 2011
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With three weeks left for Congress to act, the presidential nominees and members seem more inclined to disagree over short-term reprieves than dare to destine an enduring alternative to sustain future generations.
Michael Shank: House EPA Decision Indicative of Dangerous New Direction for Anti-Green Movement Michael Shank 2011
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