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The act of destining or appointing.

ion 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…

A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [R.]

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom. Thither he Will come to know his destiny. Shak. No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Bryant.

Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

icient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.

In destitution.

Destitution. [R.] Ash.

The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.

A war horse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To destroy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish. But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves. Ex. xxxiv. 13.

Destructible. [R.] Plants . . . scarcely destroyable by the weather. Derham.

One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.

To destroy. [Obs.] Mede.

The quality of being capable of destruction; destructibleness.

Liable to destruction; capable of being destroyed.

The quality of being destructible.

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation. The Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction. Esth. ix. 5. 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy. Shak. Destruction…

One who delights in destroying that which is valuable; one whose principles and influence tend to destroy existing institutions; a destructive.