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destine
(encz) | destine,definitivně určit Zdeněk Brož |
Destine
(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.
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We are decreed,
Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. --Milton.
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Till the loathsome opposite
Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. --Tennyson.
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Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way. --Longfellow.
Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend;
devote; consecrate; doom.
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destine
(wn) | destine
v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become
a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom,
designate]
2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
[syn: intend, destine, designate, specify] |
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clandestine
(encz) | clandestine,utajovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
clandestine operation
(encz) | clandestine operation, n: |
destine
(encz) | destine,definitivně určit Zdeněk Brož |
destined
(encz) | destined,určený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
predestine
(encz) | predestine,předurčit v: Zdeněk Brož |
predestined
(encz) | predestined,předurčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Clandestine
(gcide) | Clandestine \Clan*des"tine\, a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam
secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.]
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually
for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand;
as, a clandestine marriage. --Locke.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly;
stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. --
Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.
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Clandestinely
(gcide) | Clandestine \Clan*des"tine\, a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam
secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.]
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually
for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand;
as, a clandestine marriage. --Locke.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly;
stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. --
Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.
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Clandestineness
(gcide) | Clandestine \Clan*des"tine\, a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam
secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.]
Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually
for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand;
as, a clandestine marriage. --Locke.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly;
stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. --
Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.
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Destined
(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.
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Predestine
(gcide) | Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined; p.
pr. & vb. n. Predestining.] [Cf. F. pr['e]destiner. See
Predestinate.]
To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
--Young.
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Predestined
(gcide) | Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined; p.
pr. & vb. n. Predestining.] [Cf. F. pr['e]destiner. See
Predestinate.]
To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
--Young.
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Undestined
(gcide) | Undestined \Undestined\
See destined. |
clandestine
(wn) | clandestine
adj 1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner
intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret
sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops";
"an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
[syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, {hole-and-
corner(a)}, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret,
surreptitious, undercover, underground] |
clandestine operation
(wn) | clandestine operation
n 1: an intelligence operation so planned and executed as to
insure concealment |
destine
(wn) | destine
v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become
a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom,
designate]
2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
[syn: intend, destine, designate, specify] |
destined
(wn) | destined
adj 1: headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often
used as a combining form as in `college-bound students';
"children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New
York" [syn: bound, destined]
2: (usually followed by `to') governed by fate; "bound to
happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is
destined to be famous" [syn: bound(p), destined] |
predestine
(wn) | predestine
v 1: decree or determine beforehand
2: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine,
predestinate, foreordain]
3: foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: predestine,
foreordain, preordain] |
predestined
(wn) | predestined
adj 1: established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in
history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate
inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the
beginning of the world" [syn: foreordained,
predestinate, predestined] |
CLANDESTINE
(bouvier) | CLANDESTINE. That which is done in secret and contrary to law.
2.Generally a clandestine act in case of the limitation of actions will
prevent the act from running. A clandestine marriage is one which has been
contracted without the form which the law has prescribed for this important
contract. Alis. Princ. 543
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