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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Predestinate

· Pre·des·ti·nate · IPA /pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt/
01 a. Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
  1. 1.
    Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
02 v. t. To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect.
imp. & p. p. Predestinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating
  1. 1.
    To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect.
    “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.