intend, destine, designate, specify
(verb) design or destine; “She was intended to become the director”
destine, fate, doom, designate
(verb) decree or designate beforehand; “She was destined to become a great pianist”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
destine (third-person singular simple present destines, present participle destining, simple past and past participle destined)
to preordain
to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
to have a particular destination
• deniest, edestin, endites, entised, in steed, steined, tendies, tenside
Source: Wiktionary
Des"tine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.] Etym: [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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