predestinate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Theology. to foreordain by divine decree or purpose.
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Obsolete. to foreordain; predetermine.
adjective
verb
adjective
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predestined or foreordained
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theol subject to predestination; decided by God from all eternity
Other Word Forms
- predestinately adverb
Etymology
Origin of predestinate
1350–1400; Middle English predestinaten (v.) < Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre to appoint beforehand. See pre-, destine, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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I have recently learned that I am But a creature that moves In predestinate grooves.
From Time Magazine Archive
“For whom he foreknew, them he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.”
From The Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination Examined and Refuted by Hodgson, F. (Francis)
Article Third runs thus, “The predestinate are a predeterminate and certain number, which can neither be lessened nor increased.”
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Wallace, Robert
"It's said there's ane predestinate To be his mortal foe, But that man is yet unborn, And lang may it be so."
From The Scottish Fairy Book by Grierson, Elizabeth Wilson
"Whom He did foreknow He also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of His Son."
From Natural Law in the Spiritual World by Drummond, Henry
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