destinedadj.
/ˈdɛstɪnd/ 1. † b. ‘Devoted’, doomed. Obsolete.
a. Appointed or fixed by fate, or by a divine decree or purpose; foreordained, predetermined, fated. (Now often in weakened sense = ‘that is (or was) to be’; cf. destine v. 2.)
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fated or predestined
born1357
destinablec1374
destinalc1374
fatalc1374
predestinatec1384
foreordainedc1420
ordinate?a1425
destiny?1473
preordinatea1475
prefinitec1475
pointed1523
predestined1545
determined1546
ordinated1562
predestinated1571
preordained?1580
fore-appointeda1586
predeterminate1601
predetermined1601
destinated1604
destinate1605
destined1609
predesigned1668
predefinite1678
cut and dry1710
fated1715
weirded1820
laid-down1839
foreordinated1858
predesignated1883
predestinatory1893
preset1926
predefined1929
predestine1962
bashert1963
1609 W. Shakespeare Louers Complaint in Sonnets sig. K4 But ah who euer shun'd by precedent, The destin'd ill she must her selfe assay?
1638 J. Milton Lycidas in Obsequies 20 in Justa Edouardo King So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd urn.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 201 Before he won The Latian Realm, and built the destin'd Town.
c1703 M. Prior Ode to Col. Villiers 92 The infernal judge's dreadful pow'r, From the dark urn shall throw thy destin'd hour.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 29 A destined errant knight I come, Announced by prophet sooth and old.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 156 When this burden of woe to its destined end will be brought.
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the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > doomed to die
feyOE
mortala1522
destined1704
1704 M. Prior To young Gentleman in Poet. Misc. V. 243 May Heav'n around this destin'd Head The choicest of its Curses shed.
2.
a. Fixed in human intention; intended, designed: cf. destine v. 3.
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the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > relating to intention or purpose > intended or purposed > for some specific purpose
destinate1582
destinated1604
pro-renascent1647
destined1654
ad hoc1879
targeted1969
1654 J. Bramhall Just Vindic. Church of Eng. iv. 86 Their long destined project.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 58. ⁋1 To restore her to her destined Husband.
1754 R. Dodsley Agric. in Public Virtue iii. (R.) To reach the destin'd goal.
b. spec. Fixed or appointed to go to a particular destination; = bound adj.1 2.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective]
boundc1400
bent1697
destinedc1790
city-bound1844
space-bound1955
c1790 J. Willock Voy. diverse parts 20 [They] proceed to whatever ship they are destined.
1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. ix. 239 The troops destined for Britain, usually marched through Gaul.
1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 3 Apr. 13/2 There were some railway phrases then [1838–9] introduced..You were asked the place to which you were ‘destined’, the place itself being your ‘destination’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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