destination

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DESTINATION, noun 1. The act of destining, or appointing. 2. The purpose for which any thing is intended or appointed; end or ultimate design. Every animal is fitted for its destination 3. The place to which a thing is appointed, as the ship left her destination; but it is more usual to say, the place of her destination
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