- present tense form of destine (3rd person singular).
destines
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
She destines you for an alliance almost royal.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
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 George Washington Hood
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
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 Wilfred Scawen Blunt
