Part 3014

<blockquote>Not enjoyment and not sorrow Is our <b>destined</b> end or way. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom.</syn>

<h1>Destinist</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>Des"ti*nist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A believer in destiny; a fatalist.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Destiny</h1> <Xpage=399>

<hw>Des"ti*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Destinies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>destinee</ets>, <ets>destene</ets>, F. <ets>destin\'82e</ets>, from <ets>destiner</ets>. See <er>Destine</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.</def>

<blockquote>Thither he Will come to know his <b>destiny</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his <b>destiny</b>. <i>Bryant.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.</def>

<blockquote>But who can turn the stream of <b>destiny</b>? <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as <b>destiny</b>, for it is <b>destiny</b>. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>The Destinies</col> <fld>(Anc. Myth.)</fld>, <cd>the three Parc\'91, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>Marked by <b>the Destinies</b> to be avoided. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<h1>Destituent</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>De*stit"u*ent</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>destituens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>destituere</ets>.]</ety> <def>Deficient; wanting; <as>as, a <ex>destituent</ex> condition</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Jer. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Destitute</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ti*tute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>destitutus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>destituere</ets> to set away, leave alone, forsake; <ets>de</ets> + <ets>statuere</ets> to set. See <er>Statute</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by <i>of</i>.</def>

<blockquote>In thee is my trust; leave not my soul <b>destitute</b>. <i>Ps. cxli. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Totally <b>destitute</b> of all shadow of influence. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not possessing the necessaries of life; in a condition of want; needy; without possessions or resources; very poor.</def>

<blockquote>They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being <b>destitute</b>, afflicted, tormented. <i>Heb. xi. 37.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Destitute</h1> <Xpage=400>

<hw>Des"ti*tute</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To leave destitute; to forsake; to abandon.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>