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 Definitions of predestinate  [ɪˌdɛs təˈnɛər i ən, ˌpri dɛs-]  

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Definition of 'predestinate' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) predestinate
to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.

2.  predestinate
Obs. to foreordain.

3. (adj.) predestinate
foreordained.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L praedestinātus, ptp. of praedestināre to appoint beforehand. See pre -, destine , -ate1)

Definition of 'predestinate' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) foreordained, predestinate, predestined
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"

2. (verb) predestine, predestinate, foreordain
foreordain by divine will or decree


Definition of 'predestinate' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) predestinate
predestinated; foreordained; fated

2. (verb) predestinate
to predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect



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