predestinate

English edit

Etymology edit

From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre.

Pronunciation edit

(verb) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt/
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(adjective) IPA^(key): /pɹiːˈdɛstɪnət/
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Verb edit

predestinate (third-person singular simple present predestinates, present participle predestinating, simple past and past participle predestinated)

To predestine.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 8:29:
  Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
- 1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
  Boys possessing any mental or moral force to give them a tendency, then predestinate their careers; or, if under supervision, take the impress that is given them: not often to cast it off, and seldom to cast it off altogether.

Adjective edit

predestinate (not comparable)

(archaic) Predestined, preordained.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
  God keep your ladyship still in that mind; so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face.