destine
verb (used with object)
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
had destined
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past perfectof destine.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Achieve this level of enlightenment quickly enough, and you might—might!—rescue some hair that your DNA had destined to be Drano’d away.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2014
But Providence had destined her for another fate.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 28, 2011
What my father aspired to be and what Allah had destined for him was nurtured chiefly by the fertile tutelage of his parents while his family was still together and thriving as a unit.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Luther had no idea that God had destined them to accomplish such great things.
From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Gustav Just
He could see God had destined them for each other, because they both thought they had met before, whereas they had never met in life.
From The Song of Songs by Hermann Sudermann
