PREDESTINATED

Verb

predestinated

simple past tense and past participle of predestinate

Source: Wiktionary


PREDESTINATE

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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