Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To predestine.
  • adjective Predestined.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To predetermine or foreordain; appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose.
  • Synonyms Predestinate, Foreordain, Predestine, decree, foredoom. Predestinate and foreordain are exact words, applying only to the acts of God; predestine is used somewhat more freely.
  • Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
  • noun One who is predestinated or foreordained to a particular end.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
  • transitive verb To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To predestine.
  • adjective archaic Predestinated, preordained.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective established or prearranged unalterably
  • verb foreordain by divine will or decree

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English predestinaten, from Late Latin praedēstināre, praedēstināt-; see predestine.]

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