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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
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