Destined definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DESTINED, pp. Ordained; appointed by previous determination; devoted; fixed unalterably. WordNet ... in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" [syn: bound, destined] 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, destined] Webster's 1913 ...
... the London trade or to Lisbon; and we are all destined to a future state of happiness or misery. 2. To fix unalterable, as by a divine decree; as the destined hour of death. 3. To doom; to devote; to appoint ... 0 (2005) v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate ... syn: intend, destine, designate, specify] Merriam Webster's transitive verb (destined; destining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French destiner, from Latin ... designate, assign, or dedicate in advance < the younger son was destined for the priesthood > < a trait that destines them to failure ... or set apart for a specific purpose or place < freight destined for European ports > Oxford Reference Dictionary v.tr. (often ...
... 1. As a participle or perhaps more properly an adj.,destined; tending; going, or intending to go; with to or for ... of the voyage,implying obligation, or from tending, stretching. So destined implies being bound. Bound is used in composition, as in ... to') governed by fate; "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous" [syn: bound, destined] 5: covered or wrapped with a bandage; "the bandaged wound ... in `college-bound students'; "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York" [syn: bound, destined] 7: bound by ...
... 1913 Dictionary Destine Des"tine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.] [F. destiner, L. destinare; de ... 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 ...
... the invasion is certain" [ant: uncertain] 4: certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is ... inevitable < the certain advance of age > b. incapable of failing ; destined — used with a following infinitive < she is certain to do ... relied on to happen (it is certain to rain). b destined (certain to become a star). 3 definite, unfailing, reliable (a ... credible, cumulative, damning, decided, decisive, defined, definite, demonstrable, demonstrated, dependable, destined, detailed, determinate, determinative, determined, devout, different, distinct, distinguished, divers, documentary ...
... 1828 Dictionary FA'TED, a. 1. Decreed by fate; doomed; destined. He was fated to rule over a factious people. 2 ... Fated Fat"ed, p. p. & a. 1. Decreed by fate; destined; doomed; as, he was fated to rule a factious people ... ill-fated Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Doomed, destined, appointed, fore-doomed, predestined, predestinated, preordained, predetermined. Moby Thesaurus appointed, approaching, certain, coming, cursed, damned, decided, decreed, desired, destinal, destined, determined, devoted, doomed, emergent, eventual, extrapolated, fatal, fateful, fatidic, foredoomed ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary DOOMED, pp. Adjudged; sentenced; condemned; destined; fated. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: marked for ... s assassination" [syn: doomed, fated] n 1: people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in ... start. ADJ Moby Thesaurus accursed, appointed, bewitched, condemned, cursed, damned, destined, devoted, fatal, fated, fateful, foredoomed, foreordained, futile, ill-fated, in ...
... century 1. something to which a person or thing is destined ; fortune < wants to control his own destiny > 2. a predetermined ... fate. b this regarded as a power. 2 what is destined to happen to a particular person etc. (it was their ... Destine.] 1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human ...
... to die, that is, to fall.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die. Man is mortal. 2. Deadly; destructive to life ... cf. Filemot, Mere a lake, Mortgage.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. 2. Destructive to life ... Dictionary of English Synonyms I. a. 1. Subject to death, destined to die. 2. Deadly, fatal, destructive, mortiferous. 3. Vital, admitting ...
... all David could conclude from it was that he was destined to some high office--perhaps that of Samuel's successor ... aiming at the throne, because to the throne he was destined by the will of Yahweh. To David it would never ...
... DESTINATE, v.t. To design or appoint. DESTINATE, a. Appointed; destined; determined. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Destinate Des"ti*nate, a. [L. destinatus, p. p. of destinare. See Destine.] Destined. [Obs.] ``Destinate to hell.'' --Foxe. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Destinate ...
... mercy. 3. That state to which one is doomed, or destined. To suffer misery is the doom of sinners. To toil ... the world] v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate ...
... without hands," interprets it as a succession of world-kingdoms, destined to be destroyed by "a kingdom of God," which shall ... making progress during His earthly ministry, and that it was destined to make progress not by catastrophic and apocalyptic interference with ...
... adequately equipped or qualified. ill fame see FAME. ill-fated destined to or bringing bad fortune. ill-favoured (US -favored) unattractive ... churlishly. ill-omened attended by bad omens. ill-starred unlucky; destined to failure. ill success partial or complete failure. ill temper ...
... emotion, genuine feelings. the fullness of time the appropriate or destined time. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fullness Full"ness, n. The ... the saints have come to the unity which is their destined goal, or in other words, to the full-grown man ...