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Destiny. [Obs.] Marston.

Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer.

In a destinable manner.

Determined by destiny; fated. [Obs.] "The order destinal." Chaucer.

Destined. [Obs.] "Destinate to hell." Foxe.

The act of destining or appointing.

tion 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.

c notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

Privacy or secrecy. [R.]

Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. Waterland.

The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.

Predestinarian. [Obs.] Heylin.

Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.

The act of predestinating. Predestination had overruled their will. Milton.

Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge.

One who predestinates, or foreordains.

To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.

Predestination. [Obs.]