predestinate (redirected from predestinates)

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.

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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	predestinate - foreordain by divine will or decree foreordain, predestine 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" foreordained, predestined 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"