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destined (encz) | destined,určený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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.
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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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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] |
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destined (encz) | destined,určený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
predestined (encz) | predestined,předurčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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. |
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] |
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] |
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