transitive verb.
To cause to have a certain outcome; preordain by fate or fortune.
transitive verb.
To assign for a specific end, use, or purpose.
transitive verb.
To direct toward a given destination.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To set apart, ordain, or appoint to a use, purpose, office, or place.
To appoint or predetermine unalterably, as by a divine decree; doom; devote.
Synonyms To intend, mark out, consecrate, dedicate, decree, allot.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
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.