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  • 101destine — v 1. design, intend, purpose, mean, resolve, determine, set; designate, dedicate, allot, Obs. appoint; mark, earmark, tag, set apart or aside; consecrate, devote; reserve, Brit. bespeak; plan, project. 2. fate, ordain, doom, Rare. destinate;… …

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  • 102doom — n 1.(all usu. of an adverse nature) fate, fortune, destiny, lot, cup, portion, die, Archaic. foredoom, Chiefly Scot. weird, Brit. Inf. cup of tea; karma, kismet, Obs. destin. 2. ruin, ruination, rack and ruin, destruction, dissolution, extinction …

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  • 103entail — v involve, require, necessitate, occasion; give origin to, bring on or about, produce; set up, institute, inaugurate, open the door to; cause, predetermine, preordain, impose …

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  • 104fate — n 1. fortune, lot, cup, portion, die, doom, Archaic. foredoom, Chiefly Scot. weird, Brit. Inf. cup of tea, writing on the wall; destiny, karma, kismet, predetermination, predestination, God s will, Fortune s wheel, wheel of fortune, whatever… …

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  • 105foreordain — v 1. destine, design, intend, mean, purpose, resolve, determine, set; designate, dedicate, allot, Obs. appoint; mark, earmark, tag, set apart or aside; consecrate, devote; reserve, Brit. bespeak. 2. fate, ordain, doom, Rare. destinate;… …

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  • 106predestinate — v 1.Theology, (all by divine decree or purpose) fate, ordain, doom, Rare. destinate; predetermine, predestine, preordain, foreordain, fore ordinate, foredoom, predecide, preelect, Inf. have in store for. adj 2. ordained, doomed, destined, fated,… …

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  • 107doom — 1. noun prepare to meet your doom Syn: destruction, downfall, ruin, extinction, annihilation, death, nemesis 2. verb they were doomed to die Syn: destine, fate, predestine, preordain, mean, condemn …

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  • 108fate — 1. noun 1) what has fate in store for me? Syn: destiny, providence, the stars, chance, luck, serendipity, fortune 2) my fate was in their hands Syn: future, destiny, outcome …

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  • 109ordain — verb 1) the decision to ordain women Syn: confer holy orders on, admit to the priesthood, priest, appoint, anoint, consecrate 2) the path ordained by God Syn: determine, predestine, preordain, predetermine …

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  • 110destine — [v] predetermine, ordain allot, appoint, assign, consecrate, decide, decree, dedicate, design, determine, devote, doom, doom to, earmark*, fate, foreordain, intend, mark out, predestine, preform, preordain, purpose, reserve; concept 18 …

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