destines

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A score that destines young doctors-to-be to a life of ennui in a job they do not enjoy, because they could not match into the competitive specialty of their dreams.

From Scientific American • Mar. 12, 2020

What the Lord destines, he buys—some old iron, a bundle of rags, an old sack, or else a hide.

From Jewish Children by Berman, Hannah

An ambitious man has a son whom he destines to a learned profession.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

He shows not His purposes, but it would seem he destines Feodor, his young son, to be our tsar.

From Boris Godunov: a drama in verse by Hayes, Alfred

Planes arrive from here and there; holiday makers, the injured and dead, today's interchangeable destines.

From Deadly Pollen by Oliver, Stephen