The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
We are decreed,
Reserved, and destined to eternal woe.
--Milton.
Till the loathsome opposite
Of all my heart had destined, did obtain.
--Tennyson.
Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way.
--Longfellow.
Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.
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vb. (present participle of destine English)
Usage examples of "destining".
It was said that his father, destining him to be the heir of his own post, had married him at a very early age, eighteen or twenty, in accordance with a custom which is rather widely prevalent in parliamentary families.
Your wishes, which are laws to me, will justify my destining a copy for you, otherwise I should as soon have thought of sending you a hornbook.