Pre-dĕs'ti-nate1, a.
a. [Lat. prædestinatus, p. p. of prædestinare. See infra.] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. Some gentleman or other shall escape a predestinate scratched face. Shak.
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Predestinate
Pre-dēs'ti-nāte2, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. PREDESTI-NATED; p. pr. & vb. n. PREDESTINATING.] [Lat. prædestinare, prædestinatum, from præ, before, and destinare, to determine; It. predestinare, Pr., Sp., & Pg. predestinar, Fr. prédestiner.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose.
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29.
Synonyms—To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.