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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Destine \Des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of
     stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.]
     To determine the future condition or application of; to set
     apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by
     destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or
     preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object
     preceded by to or for.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           We are decreed,
           Reserved, and destined to eternal woe.   --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Till the loathsome opposite
           Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Not enjoyment and not sorrow
           Is our destined end or way.              --Longfellow.
  
     Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend;
          devote; consecrate; doom.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Destine \Des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of
     stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.]
     To determine the future condition or application of; to set
     apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by
     destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or
     preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object
     preceded by to or for.
  
           We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe.
                                                    --Milton.
  
           Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had
           destined, did obtain.                    --Tennyson.
  
           Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or
           way.                                     --Longfellow.
  
     Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend;
          devote; consecrate; doom.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  destine
       v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become
            a great pianist" [syn: fate, doom, designate]
       2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
          [syn: intend, designate, specify]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  destine
     Αγγλικά vb.
     προορίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  destine
     Ladin vb.
     1 (inflection of lld destiner  1 s pres indc)
     2 (inflection of lld destiner  1 s pres subj)
     3 (inflection of lld destiner  3 s pres subj)
     4 (inflection of lld destiner  3 p pres subj)
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: destinar)
     vb.
     1 to preordain
     2 to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
     3 to have a particular destination

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  destine
     vb.
     1 to preordain
     2 to assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
     3 to have a particular destination

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  destine
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: destinar)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: destinar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  destine
     Portuguese vb.
     (pt-verb form of: destinar)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: destinar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  destine
     Espanja vb.
     (es-v-taivm 1 destin e)
     Ranska vb.
     (fr-v-taivm 1 d estin e)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Destine /dˈɛstɪn/
  قدّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  destine //ˈdɛstɪn// 
  предназначавам
  intransitive: to assign for a use

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  destine /dˈɛstɪn/
  definitivně určit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  destine /dˈɛstɪn/ 
  tyngedfennu 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  destine /dˈɛstɪn/
  
  προορίζω

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  destine /destin/
  destiner

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  destine /dˈɛstɪn/
  namijeniti, odrediti, opredijeliti

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  destine /dˈɛstɪn/
  destinare

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  destine /destin/
  aprazar, destinar, reservar

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  destine /dˈɛstɪn/
  1. to veya for ile nasip etmek, tahsis etmek, tayin etmek, ayırmak
  2. belirli bir gayeye doğru yöneltmek.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "destine":
     aim, aim at, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to,
     aspire after, aspire to, assign, assign to, be after, design,
     designate, desire, destinate, detail, determine, devote, doom,
     drive at, earmark, fate, foredoom, foreordain, go for,
     harbor a design, have every intention, intend, lot,
     make assignments, mark, mark off, mark out for, mean, ordain, plan,
     portion off, predestine, predetermine, preordain, project, propose,
     purport, purpose, reserve, resolve, restrict, restrict to,
     schedule, set, set apart, set aside, set off, tag, think
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 注定;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 注定,预定

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