- present tense form of destine (3rd person singular).
destines
Example Sentences
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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
He destines for himself no indolent tarrying in the garden of Armida.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
The like may be fancied upon all changes of government; when providence destines the ends, it orders the means.
From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by John Aubrey
What the Lord destines, he buys—some old iron, a bundle of rags, an old sack, or else a hide.
From Jewish Children by Hannah Berman
Thou knowest well that thy divine father destines thee to wed the Prince of Kush whom but now thou didst smite so fiercely.'
From The World's Desire by Henry Rider Haggard
