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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Destinat(e, p.p. [ME. destinate (a 1400), destynat, L. dēstinātus.] Destined, ordained, appointed. 1513 Doug. iii. iii. 70.
That land now knaw I destinate to our kyn Ib. xii. xiii. 9.
Enee Is destinat onto the hevin to cum 1567 Sat. P. iv. 49.
Thus was I than to doloure destinat 1585 James VI Ess. 74.
Sen that death to all is destinat 1619 Garden Elphinstoun 1208.
A noble-man, condemn'd And destinat to die 1636 Edinb. Test. LVII. 356.
In taikine of hir consent to accept hir lyferent of the thrid foirsaid destinat to hir