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Destined   /dˈɛstɪnd/   Listen
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Destine  v. t.  (past & past part. destined; pres. part. 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 destined to eternal woe." "Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain." "Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way."
Synonyms: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.






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"Destined" Quotes from Famous Books



... serious mistakes in the past and our institutions are as yet far from perfect, but with more of our intellectual leaders accepting the watchword of altruistic service in the spirit of Mr. Bok's conception, there can be virtually no limitations to the part that America seems destined to ...
— A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward Bok

... more than merely a vast area. She has made advances in science, art, literature, and culture of all kinds, and is destined to play a chief part in the ...
— Toasts - and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say - the Right Thing in the Right Way • William Pittenger

... is the fate said to be destined by the Exposition company for these wonderful pictures. It is not to be blamed for this. It is a business corporation, and these paintings are assets on which it may be necessary to realize. But if the ...
— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber

... alliance was being formed in the conservatory, another conversation was taking place in a distant part of the house, not less interesting, perhaps, but not destined to reach so peaceable a conclusion. The scene of this other meeting was Miss Chrysophrasia Dabstreak's especial boudoir, an apartment so singular in its furniture and adornment that I will leave out all description of it, and ask you merely ...
— Paul Patoff • F. Marion Crawford

... of the female constitution, that the writer has repeatedly heard mothers say, that they had wept tears of bitterness over their infant daughters, at the thought of the sufferings which they were destined to undergo; while they cherished the decided wish, that these daughters should never marry. At the same time, many a reflecting young woman is looking to her future prospects, with very different feelings and hopes ...
— A Treatise on Domestic Economy - For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School • Catherine Esther Beecher


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