predestinate
Verb

predestinate (predestinates, present participle predestinating; past and past participle predestinated)

  1. To predestine.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Romans 8:29 ↗:
      Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
Adjective

predestinate

  1. (archaic) Predestinated, preordained.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 1 Scene 1
      God keep your ladyship still in that mind;so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face.



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