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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. decree or designate beforehand;
- Example: "She was destined to become a great pianist"
[syn: destine, fate, doom, designate]

2. design or destine;
- Example: "She was intended to become the director"
[syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Destine \Des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.] 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. [1913 Webster] We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. --Longfellow. Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

destine v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate] 2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director" [syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]