predestine
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predestines, 3rd person singular present; predestined, past participle; predestined, past tense; predestining, present participle;
/prēˈdestin/,
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predestines, 3rd person singular present; predestined, past participle; predestined, past tense; predestining, present participle;
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(of God) Destine (someone) for a particular fate or purpose
- - Calvinists believed that every person was predestined by God to go to heaven or to hell
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Determine (an outcome or course of events) in advance by divine will or fate
- - she was certain that fate was with her and everything was predestined
- - our predestined end
Web Definitions:
- decree or determine beforehand
- foreordain by divine will or decree
- (predestined) foreordained: 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"
- Predestination is a religious concept, which involves the relationship between God and God's creation. The religious character of predestination distinguishes it from other ideas about determinism and free will. ...
- (Predestined) (Acts 4:27-28) These verses tell us that Christ's death was no accident. It was part of God's sovereign purpose. He was predestined by God the Father to die. Everything about Christ's death was planned, even the free actions of sinful people. ...
- (Predestined) set aside in a special category [here]