[syn: foreordained, predestinate, predestined]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
predestinate
adj 1: 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,
predestinate, predestined]
v 1: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine,
predestinate, foreordain]