predestinate

[ verb pri-des-tuh-neyt; adjective pri-des-tuh-nit, -neyt ]
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verb (used with object),pre·des·ti·nat·ed, pre·des·ti·nat·ing.
  1. Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.

  2. Obsolete. to foreordain; predetermine.

adjective
  1. predestined; foreordained.

Origin of predestinate

1
1350–1400; Middle English predestinaten (v.) <Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre to appoint beforehand. See pre-, destine, -ate1

Other words from predestinate

  • pre·des·ti·nate·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for predestinate

predestinate

verb(priːˈdɛstɪˌneɪt)
  1. (tr) another word for predestine

adjective(priːˈdɛstɪnɪt, -ˌneɪt)
  1. predestined or foreordained

  2. theol subject to predestination; decided by God from all eternity

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