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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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 preelect.
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
Rom. viii. 29.
Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.
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