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† ˈdestinable, a. Obs.
[a. OF. destinable fatal, f. destiner to destine: see -able.
(Occurs once in MSS. of Chaucer's Boethius, but in 16th c. edd. is substituted five times for destinal of the MS.)]
Of, pertaining to, or fixed by destiny; fated, fatal. Hence ˈdestinably adv. (in printed edd. of Chaucer).
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vi. (Skeat) l. 251 He chaseth out al yvel fro the boundes of his comunalitee by the order of necessitee destinable. 1530Palsgr. 310/1 Destynable, apoynted to be ones destenye, destinable. 1550–61Chaucer's Boeth. iv. pr. vi. 219 b/2 (Sk. l. 70) The destinable [MS. destinal] ordinaunce is wouen and accomplished. Ibid. (Sk. l. 56), The order destinably [MS. destinal] proceedeth of the simplicitie of purveighaunce. |