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

“That Providence destines this country to some great and glorious fate I must believe, while I witness the patriotism that pervades the bosoms of her lowliest citizens,” he said.

From The Spy Condensed for use in schools by Cooper, J. Fenimore

The like may be fancied upon all changes of government; when providence destines the ends, it orders the means.

From Miscellanies Upon Various Subjects by Aubrey, John

The crown to which fate destines thee, and which preternatural agents endeavour to bestow upon thee.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Johnson, Samuel

It would be in fact but the prelude to that final return to Arabia which Arabian thought, if no other, destines for the Caliphate.

From The Future of Islam by Blunt, Wilfred Scawen