DESTINATING

Etymology

Adjective

destinating (not comparable)

(US, nonstandard) arriving at its destination; incoming

Source: Wiktionary


DESTINATE

Des"ti*nate, a. Etym: [L. destinatus, p. p. of destinare. See Destine.]

Definition: Destined. [Obs.] "Destinate to hell." Foxe.

Des"ti*nate, v. t.

Definition: To destine, design, or choose. [Obs.] "That name that God . . . did destinate." Udall.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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