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predesign |
predesignate |
predestinarian |
predestinarianism |
predestinary |
predestinate
| predestination
| predestinationist
| predestinative
| predestinator
| predestine
predestinate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb predestinate has 1 sense
- predestinate(v = verb.cognition) foreordain, predestine - foreordain by divine will or decree; Array is one way to predetermine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Adjective predestinate has 1 sense
- predestinate(s = adj.all) foreordained, predestined - 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"
CIDE DICTIONARY
predestinate, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine.].
Predestinated; foreordained; fated. Shak. [1913 Webster]
predestinate, v. t. [Cf. Predestine.].
To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. [1913 Webster]
"Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son."
[1913 Webster]
Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
predestinate, v. & adj.
--v.tr. = PREDESTINE.
--adj. predestined.
--v.tr. = PREDESTINE.
--adj. predestined.
Etymology
ME f. eccl.L praedestinare praedestinat- (as PRAE-, destinare establish)
ROGET THESAURUS
predestinate
Deity
VB create, move, uphold, preserve, govern, atone, redeem, save, propitiate, mediate, predestinate, elect, call, ordain, bless, justify, sanctify, glorify Adj, almighty, holy, hallowed, sacred, divine, heavenly, celestial, sacrosanct, all-knowing, all-seeing, all-wise, omniscient, superhuman, supernatural, ghostly, spiritual, hyperphysical, unearthly, theistic, theocratic, anointed, soterial.
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