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

She destines you for an alliance almost royal.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

What the Lord destines, he buys—some old iron, a bundle of rags, an old sack, or else a hide.

From Jewish Children by Berman, Hannah

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

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