- present tense form of destine (3rd person singular).
destines
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A score that destines young doctors-to-be to a life of ennui in a job they do not enjoy, because they could not match into the competitive specialty of their dreams.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 12, 2020
I believe he has a daughter, and destines this money to be her dowry.'
From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever
I indeed recognise my enemy," said she to the woodcutter; "beware of him, and believe that it is with no good intention he destines your daughter for the bride of a king.
From The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
And one whom nature destines for the free and independent life of a farmer, often sentences himself to life imprisonment behind the "cribbed and cabined" desk of a counting house.
From What Shall I Be? A Chat With Young People by Francis Bernard Cassilly
He destines for himself no indolent tarrying in the garden of Armida.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
