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predestine
pre·des·tine
[
pree déstin
]
(
past and past participle
pre·des·tined
,
present participle
pre·des·tin·ing
,
3rd person present singular
pre·des·tines
)
transitive verb
Definition:
1.
foreordain events:
to decide in advance what is going to happen
2.
preselect who will go to heaven:
in some religious beliefs, to select in advance who will go to heaven after death and who will not
[
14th century. Directly or via French< ecclesiastical Latin
praedestinare
"foreordain" < Latin
destinare
"decree"
]
pre·des·tin·able
adjective
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
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pre·des·tin·able adjective
