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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
Dictionary Results for destine:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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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.
        [1913 Webster]

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