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

Not that he deems himself infallible; too many mistakes in following trails prove the contrary; but he thinks that nature destines such sagacity as she has given him, as she destines it to the 'possum.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

The same conduct God in his tender mercy holds with regard to those chosen souls which he destines to raise, by special graces, highest in his favor.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

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

God destines you to accomplish great things for his glory, and exterior humiliations in your case not being suited to his designs, he makes use of concealed humiliations, known only to yourself and God.

From Letters of Madam Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte