DESTINE

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


Etymology

Verb

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

Anagrams

• 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



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(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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