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Definition of Destines
1. destine [v] - See also: destine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Destines
Literary usage of Destines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century by Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1879)
"... Zwingle and Luther—Zwingle'a political Action—Project of Alliance against the
Emperor—Zwingle advocates active Resistance—He destines the Imperial Crown ..."
2. The Epigrams of Martial by Martial (1877)
"... destines his triumphal crowns. A truce to your arts ; you shall dine with me
to-day, but only on this condition, ..."
3. Memoirs of Count Miot de Melito, Minister, Ambassador, Councillor of State by André Franc̜ois Miot de Melite (1881)
"... but the latter also declines Napoleon's proposal—In consequence of this refusal,
the Emperor destines Eugene Beauharnais to the throne of Italy, ..."
4. History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon: Forming a by Adolphe Thiers (1845)
"... and in the Hear of Melas—The Part which Le destines for Moreau, and that which
he destines for Himself—Creation of the Army of Reserve—Instructions to ..."
5. History of the Development of Constitutional and Civil Liberty: Being a by Martin Ferdinand Morris (1898)
"... most unprincipled hypocrite that ever ruled the destines of a people, to grasp
the power that had been wrested from the hands of the weak Stuart, ..."
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