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I should have deemed, however, Mr. Waverley, that before destining yourself to any special service in the army of the Prince, ye might have inquired what rank the old Bradwardine held there, and whether he would not have been peculiarly happy to have had your services in the regiment of horse which he is now about to levy. '

—Waverley — Complete

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If we choose to go the route of geoengineering, we are destining our children with a vastly changed ocean ecosystem. — The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
Rice: Fabrication of rice threshing milling and destining machines vi. — Welcome to the Frontpage
After toppling the Incan empire in 1532, the Spanish conquistador filled his ships with potatoes and corn destining them to become major players in the European diet while leaving a third crop to wither. — Lockergnome
Without her helping his ticket, the McCain team was destining for a complete catastrophe. — Propeller Most Popular Stories
I will satisfy myself by observing that my error was such, that in abandoning my children to public education for want of the means of bringing them up myself; in destining them to become workmen and peasants, rather than adventurers and fortune-hunters, I thought I acted like an honest citizen, and a good father, and considered myself as a member of the republic of Plato. — The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Complete