predestine

[ pri-des-tin ]

/ prɪˈdɛs tɪn /

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verb (used with object), pre·des·tined, pre·des·tin·ing.

to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry.

Origin of predestine

1350–1400; Middle English predestinen < Latin praedestināre. See pre-, destine

OTHER WORDS FROM predestine

pre·des·ti·na·ble, adjective un·pre·des·tined, adjective

Words nearby predestine

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Example sentences from the Web for predestined

Al and I talk about whether people have free will or whether life is predestined.

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He was a Darwinist before the letter; a predestined follower of the tide; but he was hardly trained to follow Darwin's evidences.

The Education of Henry Adams |Henry Adams
But I must leave my papers, the accumulation of twenty-five years, comprising thousands of letters from predestined rebels.

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She was woman, the eternal, predestined enemy of Rickman's genius.

The Divine Fire |May Sinclair

A Roman lawyer could hardly speculate except in the terms of Stoicism—it was his natural and predestined language.

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire |T. R. Glover
The Commandant's pockets were heavy with these mementoes of the predestined—the letters of boys to their mothers.

Golden Lads |Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason

British Dictionary definitions for predestined

predestine

predestinate

/ (priːˈdɛstɪn) /

verb (tr)

to foreordain; determine beforehand

theol (of God) to decree from eternity (any event, esp the final salvation of individuals)

Derived forms of predestine

predestinable, adjective

Word Origin for predestine

C14: from Latin praedestināre to resolve beforehand, from destināre to determine, destine

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predestine

verb (used with object), pre·des·tined, pre·des·tin·ing.

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predestinate

verb (tr)

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predestine

verb (used with object), pre·des·tined, pre·des·tin·ing.

Origin of predestine

OTHER WORDS FROM predestine

Words nearby predestine

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predestinate

verb (tr)

Derived forms of predestine

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