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Variant of destiny

destiny Definition

des·tiny (des′tə nē)

noun pl. destinies -·nies

  1. the seemingly inevitable or necessary succession of events
  2. what will necessarily happen to any person or thing; (one's) fate
  3. that which determines events: said of either a supernatural agency or necessity

Etymology: ME destine < OFr destinee, fem. pp. of destiner: see destine

destinies Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • decide: The shepherd who decides all destinies -- his eye is bright, he will look at you!

destinies Quotes

A serious house on serious earth it is, In whose blent air all our compulsions meet, Are recognised, and robed as destinies. —Larkin, Philip Arthur