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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. foreordain by divine will or decree;
[syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. established or prearranged unalterably;
- Example: "his place in history was foreordained"
- Example: "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"
- Example: "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"
[syn: foreordained, predestinate, predestined]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
        predestine; foredoom.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

predestinate
    adj 1: 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]
    v 1: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine,
         predestinate, foreordain]