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Definition of destine
destined
;destining
transitive verb
1 : to decree beforehand : predetermine was not destined to attain the throne
2a : to designate, assign, or dedicate in advance believed their son was destined for the priesthood destined to succeed a flaw that destines them to failb : to direct, devise, or set apart for a specific purpose or place freight destined for European ports
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Examples of destine in a Sentence
his extreme height seemed to destine him for a career in basketball
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He seemed destined for baseball oblivion after producing one winning season during stints as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves.
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Last quarter, ships carrying about 22 million barrels destined for foreign countries left Corpus, government data show.
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These nomadic vamps got a scent for Bella, and threw life into chaos for both the Cullens and the wolves destined to protect humans from their blood-sucker nemeses.
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Your father was an electrician, and you were destined to be one, too.
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Steve Wozniak has wondered publicly whether he is destined to be a family pet for robot overlords.
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Destined to become avid gardeners, the couple attended the recent, 17th Annual Native Plant Sale at Gibson Woods.
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That episode is destined to come full circle by play’s end.
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Crowley even fools us into thinking, initially, that his first feature as a writer-director is destined to be a comedy.
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Origin and Etymology of destine
Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner, from Latin destinare, from de- + -stinare (akin to Latin stare to stand) — more at stand
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