predestinate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb foreordain by divine will or decree
    foreordain; predestine.
  2. adjective satellite established or prearranged unalterably
    foreordained; predestined.
    • his place in history was foreordained
    • a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
    • it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world

WordNet

Pre*des"ti*nate adjective
Etymology
L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine.
Definitions
  1. Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.
Pre*des"ti*nate transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Predestine.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Predestinated ; present participle & verbal noun Predestinating
Definitions
  1. To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect.
    Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29.
    Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.

Webster 1913