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destine vt. 注定,预定 注定,预定 destine v 1: decree or designate beforehand; " She was destined to become a great pianist" [ synonym: { destine}, { fate}, { doom}, { designate}] 2: design or destine; " She was intended to become the director" [ synonym: { intend}, { destine}, { designate}, { specify}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] We are decreed, Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Till the loathsome opposite Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our destined end or way. -- Longfellow. Syn: To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " destine": aim, aim at, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to, aspire after, aspire to, assign, assign to, be after, design, designate, desire, destinate, detail, determine, devote, doom, drive at, earmark, fate, foredoom, foreordain, go for, harbor a design, have every intention, intend, lot, make assignments, mark, mark off, mark out for, mean, ordain, plan, portion off, predestine, predetermine, preordain, project, propose, purport, purpose, reserve, resolve, restrict, restrict to, schedule, set, set apart, set aside, set off, tag, think
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