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English Dictionary: predestinate	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for predestinate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): foreordained, predestinate, predestined v foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Predestinate \Predes"tinate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See {Destine}.] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. [bd]A predestinate scratched face.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Predestinate \Predes"tinate\, 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[89]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.