- present tense form of destine (3rd person singular).
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
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 Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
He shows not His purposes, but it would seem he destines Feodor, his young son, to be our tsar.
From Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Alfred Hayes
"That Providence destines this country to some great and glorious fate I must believe, while I witness the patriotism that pervades the bosoms of her lowest citizens," he said.
From The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper
“That Providence destines this country to some great and glorious fate I must believe, while I witness the patriotism that pervades the bosoms of her lowliest citizens,” he said.
From The Spy Condensed for use in schools by J. Fenimore Cooper
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