a. [ L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin. ] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent.

-- Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Privacy or secrecy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. destin. ] Destiny. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. destinable. ] Determined by destiny; fated. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a destinable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Determined by destiny; fated. [ Obs. ] “The order destinal.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. destinatus, p. p. of destinare. See Destine. ] Destined. [ Obs. ] “Destinate to hell.” Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To destine, design, or choose. [ Obs. ] “That name that God . . . did destinate.” Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. destinatio determination: cf. F. destination destination. ] 1. The act of destining or appointing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purpose for which anything is destined; predetermined end, object, or use; ultimate design. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place set for the end of a journey, or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.

Syn. -- Appointment; design; purpose; intention; destiny; lot; fate; end. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Destined p. pr. & vb. n. Destining. ] [ F. destiner, L. destinare; de + the root of stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Obstinate. ] To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are decreed,
Reserved, and destined to eternal woe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till the loathsome opposite
Of all my heart had destined, did obtain. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not enjoyment and not sorrow
Is our destined end or way. Longfellow.

Syn. -- To design; mark out; determine; allot; choose; intend; devote; consecrate; doom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A believer in destiny; a fatalist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Destinies [ OE. destinee, destene, F. destinée, from destiner. See Destine. ] 1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thither he
Will come to know his destiny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man of woman born,
Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. [ 1913 Webster ]

But who can turn the stream of destiny? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), the three Parcæ, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Predestinarian. [ Obs. ] Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine. ] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. “A predestinate scratched face.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Predestinated p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating. ] [ Cf. Predestine. ] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination. ] 1. The act of predestinating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predestination had overruled their will. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Determining beforehand; predestinating. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prédestinateur. ] 1. One who predestinates, or foreordains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Predestined p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining. ] [ Cf. F. prédestiner. See Predestinate. ] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Predestination. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]