Category:Predestinate

Pre*des"ti*nate, a. Etym: [l. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare To predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See destine.]

Defn: predestinated; foreordained; fated. "a predestinate scratched Face." Shak.

Predestinate Pre*des"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating.] Etym: [cf. Predestine.]

Defn: to predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand By an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. 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.