destines

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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

A woman, Captain Ellerey, who destines you for high service.

From Princess Maritza by Brebner, Percy James

God destines you to accomplish great things for his glory, and exterior humiliations in your case not being suited to his designs, he makes use of concealed humiliations, known only to yourself and God.

From Letters of Madam Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte

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 Haggard, Henry Rider

Not that he deems himself infallible; too many mistakes in following trails prove the contrary; but he thinks that nature destines such sagacity as she has given him, as she destines it to the 'possum.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman