predestinate
[verb]
Synonyms: predestine, foredestine, foreordain, predetermine, preordain

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predestinate adjective & noun. [pri:'dɛstɪnǝt] LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin praedestinatus pa. pple of praedestinare: see PREDESTINATE verb, -ATE².]
A. adjective.
1. Theology. Foreordained by divine purpose or decree (to a specified fate, to do); spec. predestined for salvation or eternal life. LME.

2. gen. Predestined, fated. E16.
b. noun. Theology. A person predestined for eternal life; one of God's elect. E16.

■ predestinately adverb by predestination L16.

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predestinate verb trans. [pri:'dɛstɪneɪt] Pa. pple -ated, -ate. LME.
[ecclesiastical Latin praedestinat- pa. ppl stem of praedestinare, from prae PRE- + destinare make fast or firm, establish: see DESTINE, -ATE³.]
1. Theology. Of God: preordain by divine decree or purpose (to a particular fate, to do); spec. predestine for salvation or eternal life. LME.

2. gen. Predestine. L16.

■ predestinator noun a predestinarian L16.

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