destine
[verb]
Synonyms: predestine, determine, doom (to), fate, foreordain, predetermine, preform, preordain

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

destine verb trans. ['dɛstɪn] ME.
[Old & mod. French destiner from Latin destinare make firm, establish, from de- DE- 1 + causative deriv. of stare STAND verb.]
1. Foreordain, predetermine, decree. Now usu. in pass., be fated, turn out (by hindsight) to be or do. ME.
■ R. Fry An event..which was destined to change ultimately the face of things.

2. Ordain, appoint. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 1. LME.

3. Set apart for or devote to a particular purpose, activity, etc.; intend for, to do. Usu. in pass. M16.
■ H. Read He was well educated, and destined for the diplomatic service.

4. In pass. Be bound or intended for a place, be going to or from a place. L18.
■ S. Unwin Many cases of books destined for Japan had been detained and opened. Times Traffic..destined to and from the South-east.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲