predestined

[pri-des-tin]

pre·des·tine

[pri-des-tin]
verb (used with object), pre·des·tined, pre·des·tin·ing.
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English predestinen < Latin praedestināre. See pre-, destine

pre·des·ti·na·ble, adjective
un·pre·des·tined, adjective
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Predestined is always a great word to know.
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a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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predestined

adjective
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
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