Predestinating

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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.
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     Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
          predestine; foredoom.
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