PREDESTINE

predestine, foreordain, preordain

(verb) foreordain or determine beforehand

predestine, predestinate, foreordain

(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree

predestine

(verb) decree or determine beforehand

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)

(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.

(theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.

Anagrams

• diterpenes

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*des"tine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining.] Etym: [Cf. F. prédestiner. See Predestinate.]

Definition: To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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