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Predestinate

Predestinate Meaning & Definition
Predestinate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Predestinate?

[adj] established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
[v] in theology

Synonyms | Synonyms for Predestinate: certain | foreordain | foreordained | predestine | predestined | sure

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See Also | predetermine

Predestinate In Webster's Dictionary

\Pre*des"ti*nate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See {Destine}.] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. ``A predestinate scratched face.'' --Shak.
\Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf. {Predestine}.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to pre["e]lect. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. --Rom. viii. 29. Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.

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