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predestinate

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Whom  he  did  foreknow,  he  also  did  predestinate  to  be 
  conformed  to  the  image  of  his  Son.  --Rom.  viii. 
  29. 
 
  Syn:  To  predetermine;  foreordain;  preordain;  decree; 
  predestine;  foredoom. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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  :  in  theology  [syn:  {predestine},  {foreordain}]




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