1. The act of destining or appointing.
2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design.
3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
Syn.
— Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot; fate; end.
DESTINE
Des"tine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Destined; p. pr. & vb. n. Destining.]
Etym: [F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand.
See Stand, and cf. Obstinate.]
Defn: 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. 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; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.
DESTINIST
Des"ti*nist, n.
Defn: A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [R.]
DESTINY Des"ti*ny, n.; pl. Destinies. Etym: [OE. destinee, destene, F. destinée, from destiner. See Destine.]