Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Destiny

Destiny , noun

[Old English destinee, destene, French 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.
Thither he Will come to know his destiny. — Shakespeare
No man of woman born, Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. — Bryant
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.
But who can turn the stream of destiny? — Spenser
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. — Longfellow
Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. — Shakespeare
Collocations (1)
The Destinies (Anc. Mythology) , the three Parca, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration.