destine
verb (used with object)
to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend.
has destined
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present perfectof destine (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Without their involvement, Mr. Papantonio said, “He has destined the process for failure.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2010
Here is a specimen of the “everlasting houses,” and a solemn satire upon the best of all human efforts—impotent and vain—to perpetuate that, which God Almighty has destined to perish.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by A Sexton of the Old School
Nature has destined England to be the workshop of the world. p. 41She sent here the Saxon race, she filled the bowels of the land with ores more valuable than those of Potosi.
From About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
Daura suffices not for a man of noble ambition, and fate has destined you for greater things.
From Tales from the German. Volume II. The Lichtensteins, The Sorceress, The Anabaptist by Carl Franz van der Velde
Danusia went after Father Wyszoniek; Zbyszko turned his pale face toward the princess, and said: "What the Lord Jesus has destined for me will happen; but for this consolation, may God reward you, gracious lady."
From The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy by Samuel A. Binion
