destine

verb
/ˈdɛstɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English destinen, from Old French destiner. Doublet of destinate.

  1. derived from destiner
  2. inherited from destinen

Definitions

  1. To preordain.

  2. To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use.

  3. To attribute a particular destination.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at destine. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at destine. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at destine

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA