Destiny \Des"ti*ny\, n.; pl. Destinies. [OE. destinee,
   destene, F. destin['e]e, from destiner. See Destine.]
   1. That to which any person or thing is destined;
      predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine
      or by human will; fate; lot; doom.
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            Thither he
            Will come to know his destiny.        --Shak.
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            No man of woman born,
            Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. --Bryant.
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   2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a
      resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the
      future, whether in general or of an individual.
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            But who can turn the stream of destiny? --Spenser.
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            Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as
            inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
                                                  --Longfellow.
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   The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), the three Parc[ae], or Fates;
      the supposed powers which preside over human life, and
      determine its circumstances and duration.
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            Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. --Shak.
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