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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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