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

Allow me, then, to call him here so as to restore his confidence; or, better still, come and show me the portion, which your munificence destines for me.

From Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora by Reid, Mayne

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

I believe he has a daughter, and destines this money to be her dowry.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Lever, Charles James

Were they not the very ones to help a timid child whom God destines to become an apostle of apostles by prayer and sacrifice?

From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)