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des⋅ti⋅ny

  [des-tuh-nee]
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–noun, plural -nies.
1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
2. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
3. the power or agency that determines the course of events.
4. (initial capital letter) this power personified or represented as a goddess.
5. the Destinies, the Fates.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME destinee < OF (n. use of ptp. of destiner) < L dēstināta, fem. ptp. of dēstināre. See destine, -ee

Synonyms:
1. fate, karma, kismet. 2. future. See fate.
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des·ti·ny   (děs'tə-nē)   
n.   pl. des·ti·nies

  1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.

  2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control: "Marriage and hanging go by destiny" (Robert Burton).

  3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: Destiny brought them together.


[Middle English destine, from Old French destinee, from feminine past participle of destiner, to destine, from Latin dēstināre, to determine; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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destiny 
c.1325, from O.Fr. destinée (12c.), fem. pp. of destiner, from L. destinatus, pp. of destinare "make firm, establish" (see destination). The sense is of "that which has been firmly established," as by fate.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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