What is the Latin word for destine?

The usual Latin words for “destine” are dēstinō, praefiniō, praestituō; also Velleius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“destine” in Latin

dēstinōto bind, fasten, secure, fix, make fast; to establish, determine, resolve, consider, predict, destine; to intend, devote praefiniōto determine or fix beforehand; to prescribe; to limit (set bounds)praestituōto determine in advance Velleiusof or pertaining to the gens Velleia.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

destine

destinare (in nearly all the meanings of the English verb; e.g., aliquem alicui rei or ad aliquid, sometimes in aliquid [destinare aliquem foro, Quint., ; domos publicis usibus, Velleius; aliquem ad mortem, Suet.; diem necis alicui, Cic.]; also = to intend, purpose; especially in Livy, with animis [e.g., quae agere destinaverat, Caes.; also in passive, sibi destinatum in animo esse aliquid facere, Liv.]; hora mortis destinata, Cic.): designare ad aliquid (to mark out for a purpose): seponere alicui or ad aliquid (to set it aside for a purpose; e.g., money, pecuniam in aedificationem templi seponere, Liv., ; quod ex istis rebus receptum est, ad illud fanum [sc. ornandum] seponere, Cic.): praefinire: praestituere (to fix beforehand; e.g., praestituere diem operi faciundo, Cic.). To be destined (= doomed) to anything, alicui rei or ad rem natum esse (to be born to it): fato fieri aliquid (to become or to be doomed to it, by a decree of fate): we are destined to, ea lege generati sumus, ut, etc. Vid: To DOOM.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for destine?: The usual Latin words for “destine” are dēstinō, praefiniō, praestituō; also Velleius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.