adj
Meaning 1
Predestined, preordained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
predestinate
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/pɹiːˈdɛstɪnət/
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/pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt/
verb
Meaning 2
To predestine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
established or prearranged unalterably
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his place in history was foreordained
- a sense of predestinate inevitability about it
- it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foreordained, predestined
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
foreordain by divine will or decree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predestine, foreordain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: predetermine
History
Etymology
From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre. By surface analysis, pre- + destinate.