'Predestinate' definitions:
Definition of 'predestinate'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: foreordained, predestinate, predestined]
verb
Foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain]
Definition of 'Predestinate'
From: GCIDE
- Predestinate \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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Predestinate'
From: GCIDE
- Predestinate \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. [1913 Webster]
- Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. --Rom. viii. 29. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. [1913 Webster]