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destine
[ des-tin ]
verb (used with object)
- to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
- to appoint or ordain beforehand, as by divine decree; foreordain; predetermine.
destine
/ ˈdɛstɪn /
verb
- tr to set apart or appoint (for a certain purpose or person, or to do something); intend; design
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of destine1
Example Sentences
Until then, I thought I was just an unlucky soul, destined to live without one of my favorite cooking tools.
Truffles seemed destined to be among the short-lived majority.
That impulse — not to own the libs but to hone the libs — seems destined to endure.
One of the wealthiest women in Africa, Alakija, 69, is a power broker — and may be destined for even greater heights.
It's making something new from an original item destined for the trash.
Why, she asked, should she wilfully destine her youth to a hopeless waste of affection, and dearth of all permanent comfort?
Il y a sur nous une prdiction, une destine qui s'accomplit presque invitablement de pre en fils.
Le dechirant et lugubre cortege se dirigeait vers la place du marche destine aux executions criminelles.
I shall, in my secret heart, destine her for you, and it is in this light I shall think of you for the future.
You fus' kiss the young lady I destine faw my sultana, an' now you offeh me a briibe!
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