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predestine

Syllabification: (pre·des·tine)
Pronunciation: /prēˈdestin/

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Definition of predestine

verb

[with object] (usually be predestined)
  • (of God) destine (someone) for a particular fate or purpose:Calvinists believed that every person was predestined by God to go to heaven or to hell
  • determine (an outcome or course of events) in advance by divine will or fate:she was certain that fate was with her and everything was predestined (as adjective predestined)our predestined end

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French predestiner or ecclesiastical Latin praedestinare (see predestinate)

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