destine

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}]
    

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.
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         We are decreed,
         Reserved, and destined to eternal woe.   --Milton.
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         Till the loathsome opposite
         Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson.
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         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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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "destine":
      aim, aim at, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to,
      aspire after, aspire to, assign, assign to, be after, design,
      designate, desire, destinate, detail, determine, devote, doom,
      drive at, earmark, fate, foredoom, foreordain, go for,
      harbor a design, have every intention, intend, lot,
      make assignments, mark, mark off, mark out for, mean, ordain, plan,
      portion off, predestine, predetermine, preordain, project, propose,
      purport, purpose, reserve, resolve, restrict, restrict to,
      schedule, set, set apart, set aside, set off, tag, think