Hypertext Webster Gateway: "destined"
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) 1.7 (wn)
destined
adj 1: headed or intending to head in a certain direction;
"children bound for school"; "a flight destined for
New York"; often used as a combining form;
"school-bound children"; "college-bound high school
students" [syn: {bound}]
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)}]
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