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

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

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 Aubrey, John

I thought that the ties of relationship which exist between us would have obliged your royal highness to treat with delicacy and honor the princess whom your king destines for you.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

The same conduct God in his tender mercy holds with regard to those chosen souls which he destines to raise, by special graces, highest in his favor.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban