Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of
praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to
determine. See {Destine}.]
Predestinated; foreordained; fated. ``A predestinate
scratched face.'' --Shak.
Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Predestinated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predestinating}.] [Cf.
{Predestine}.]
To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain
beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to
pre["e]lect.
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.
Source : WordNet®
predestinate
adj : established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in
history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate
inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since
the beginning of the world" [syn: {foreordained}, {predestined}]
v : foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: {predestine}, {foreordain}]