n. [ Cf. F. destin. ] Destiny. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OF. destinable. ] Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a destinable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Determined by destiny; fated. [ Obs. ] “The order destinal.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. destinatus, p. p. of destinare. See Destine. ] Destined. [ Obs. ] “Destinate to hell.” Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To destine, design, or choose. [ Obs. ] “That name that God . . . did destinate.” Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. destinatio determination: cf. F. destination destination. ]
v. t.
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.
n. A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Thither he
Will come to know his destiny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
No man of woman born,
Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
But who can turn the stream of destiny? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Destinies (Anc. Myth.),
Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]