Predestinate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of
     praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to
     determine. See {Destine}.]
     Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched
     face." --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, 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
     pre["e]lect.
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           Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
           conformed to the image of his Son.       --Rom. viii.
                                                    29.
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     Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
          predestine; foredoom.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  predestinate
       adj : established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in
             history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate
             inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since
             the beginning of the world" [syn: {foreordained}, {predestined}]
       v : foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: {predestine}, {foreordain}]