destinate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To set a destination for (something), to send (something) to a particular destination.
verb
To be scheduled to arrive at, as a destination.
Example Sentences
- "Now days, it can probably be done with a programming setup in the originating/destinating switches, and not involve a full time channel."
- "Prices for a mail piece weighing up to a half-pound range from $12.60 if it destinates in zones 1 and 2 to $19.50 if it destinates in zone 8."
- "But because Christe dwelleth in you (as he doth by faithe) therfore stirreth he vp his first begoten sonne, the world, to seke how to disquiet you, to robbe you, to spoile you, to destroy you: and perchance your deare father, to trye and to make knowen vnto you, and to þe world, that ye are destinate to an other dwellyng then here on earthe, to an other citye then mannes eyes hath sene at any tyme: […]"
Etymology
The adjective is first attested in the first part of the 15th century, the verb in 1490, both in Middle English; borrowed from Latin dēstinātus, perfect passive participle of dēstinō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix); doublet of destine. Computing/postal use by analogy with originate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.
Usage
Inflected Forms
destinates (present, singular)
destinating (participle, present)
destinated (participle, past)
destinated (past)
more destinate (comparative)
most destinate (superlative)