Hypertext Webster Gateway: "destiny"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Thither he Will come to know his destiny. --Shak.

No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his
destiny. --Bryant.

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.

But who can turn the stream of destiny? --Spenser.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as
inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.
--Longfellow.

{The Destinies} (Anc. Myth.), the three Parc[ae], or Fates;
the supposed powers which preside over human life, and
determine its circumstances and duration.

Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

destiny
n 1: an event (or course of events) that will inevitably happen
in the future [syn: {fate}]
2: the ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events
(often personified as a woman); "we are helpless in the
face of Destiny" [syn: {Destiny}, {Fate}]
3: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
everything that happens to you): "whatever my fortune may
be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the
luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success
that was her portion" [syn: {fortune}, {fate}, {luck}, {lot},
{circumstances}, {portion}]


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