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predestinate

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pre·des·ti·nate  (pr-dst-nt)
tr.v. pre·des·ti·nat·ed, pre·des·ti·nat·ing, pre·des·ti·nates
1. Theology To predestine.
2. Archaic To destine or determine in advance; foreordain.
adj. (-nt, -nt)
Foreordained; predestined.

[Middle English predestinaten, from Late Latin praedstinre, praedstint-; see predestine.]

predestinate
vb [priːˈdɛstɪˌneɪt]
(tr) another word for predestine
adj [priːˈdɛstɪnɪt -ˌneɪt]
1. predestined or foreordained
2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) Theol subject to predestination; decided by God from all eternity
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.predestinate - foreordain by divine will or decree
theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings; "Jewish theology"; "Roman Catholic theology"
predetermine - determine beforehand
Adj.1.predestinate - 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"
sure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"


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The criminal always work at one crime, that is the true criminal who seems predestinate to crime, and who will of none other.
For if Higgins was a predestinate old bachelor, she was most certainly not a predestinate old maid.
 
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