In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
PREDESTINATE
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
Verb
predestinate (third-person singular simple present predestinates, present participle predestinating, simple past and past participle predestinated)
To predestine.
Adjective
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
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