Defn: Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.
PREDESTINATE
Pre*des"ti*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestinated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Predestinating.] Etym: [Cf. Predestine.]
Defn: 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.
PREDESTINATION Pre*des`ti*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination.]
1. The act of predestinating. Predestination had overruled their will. Milton.
2. (Theol.)
Defn: The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.
PREDESTINATIVE
Pre*des"ti*na*tive, a.
Defn: Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge.