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destines

VERB

predetermine, ordain

Synonyms

STRONGEST

doom intend

STRONG

allot appoint assign consecrate decide decree dedicate design determine devote earmark fate foreordain predestine preform preordain purpose reserve

WEAK

doom to mark out

Antonyms

STRONG

hesitate keep misuse use waste

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

It would be in fact but the prelude to that final return to Arabia which Arabian thought, if no other, destines for the Caliphate.

From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen

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 Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

The King destines your hand for another, and has already announced that such is the case.

From The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

And all the little mighty things that cheer The closing day from quiet year to year, I leave to those whom benignant fate Or merit destines to the wedded state.

From The Little Tea Book by Hood, George Washington