Predestine
[priː'destɪn]
Definition
(verb.) foreordain or determine beforehand.
(verb.) foreordain by divine will or decree.
(verb.) decree or determine beforehand.
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Definition
(v. t.) To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Predetermine, PREDESTINATE.
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Definition
v.t. to destine or decree beforehand: to foreordain.—adj. Predestinā′rian pertaining to predestination.—n. one who holds the doctrine of predestination.—n. Predestinā′rianism.—v.t. Predes′tinate to determine beforehand: to preordain by an unchangeable purpose.—adj. fore-ordained: fated.—n. Predestinā′tion act of predestinating: (theol.) the doctrine that God has from all eternity unalterably fixed whatever is to happen esp. the eternal happiness or misery of men.—n. Predestinā′tor one who predestinates or foreordains: a predestinarian.
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Examples
- It was a country predestined, therefore, to a stormy history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I told you everything was predestined! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- It has destroyed the idea that learning is properly a monopoly of the few who are predestined by nature to govern social affairs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This idea of belonging to a chosen race predestined to pre-eminence was a very attractive one. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I've even got an envelope--you see how everything's predestined! Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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