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Predestinate

//pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Predestined, preordained. archaic, not-comparable

    "God keep your ladyship still in that mind; so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face."

Adjective
  1. 1
    established or prearranged unalterably wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To predestine.

    "Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son."

  2. 2
    foreordain by divine will or decree wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre. By surface analysis, pre- + destinate.

Etymology 2

From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre. By surface analysis, pre- + destinate.

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