According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
foreordained, predestinate, 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”
predestine, predestinate, foreordain
(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree
Source: WordNet® 3.1
predestinate (third-person singular simple present predestinates, present participle predestinating, simple past and past participle predestinated)
To predestine.
predestinate
(archaic) Predestinated, preordained.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*des"ti*nate, a. Etym: [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine.]
Definition: Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.
Pre*des"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating.] Etym: [Cf. Predestine.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 October 2024
(noun) a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor; “it was heated to evaporate the volatiles”
According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.