destinate

Syllables: des·ti·nate

destinate verb: to destine, to choose.

Verb

destinate (third-person singular simple present destinates, present participle destinating, simple past and past participle destinated)

(nonstandard, possibly, rare) To destine, to choose.

Synonyms:

destine
(nonstandard, possibly, rare) To set a destination for (something), to send (something) to a particular destination.
- Now days, it can probably be done with a programming setup in the originating/destinating switches, and not involve a full time channel.1997 September 11, Tom Watson, “Hoe does FX work?”, in comp.dcom.telecom.tech (Usenet)
Synonyms:

originate
(nonstandard, possibly, rare) To be scheduled to arrive at, as a destination.
- 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 8.2009, Statistical Abstract of the United States

Adjective

destinate (comparative more destinate, superlative most destinate)

(nonstandard, obsolete, possibly, rare) Determined, destined.
(nonstandard, obsolete, possibly, rare) Destined, destinated; ordained, fated.
- 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...1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, “Certain Letters vvritten by M. Bradford to Other of His Frendes”, in Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn...

Synonyms of destinate

Forms of destinate

Verb
third-person singular present	destinates
present participle	destinating
past participle	destinated
past	destinated
Adjective
comparative	more destinate
superlative	most destinate

Origin of destinate

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.

Questions about destinate

What does destinate mean?: Destinate means to destine, to choose.
What part of speech is destinate?: Destinate can be a verb or an adjective.
What is the past tense of destinate?: The past tense of destinate is destinated.

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