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Webster 1913 Edition


Predestinate

Pre-des′ti-nate

,
Adj.
[L.
praedestinatus
, p. p. of
praedestinare
to predestine;
prae
before +
destinare
to determine. See
Destine
.]
Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
“A predestinate scratched face.”
Shak.

Pre-des′ti-nate

,
Verb.
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 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Predestinate

PREDES'TINATE

,
Adj.
Predestinated; foreordained.

PREDES'TINATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proedestino; proe and destino, to appoint.
To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose.
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom.8.
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself. Eph.1.

Definition 2024


predestinate

predestinate

English

Verb

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

  1. To predestine.
    Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29.

Adjective

predestinate (comparative more predestinate, superlative most predestinate)

  1. (archaic) Predestinated, preordained.

Italian

Verb

predestinate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of predestinare
  2. second-person plural imperative of predestinare
  3. feminine plural of predestinato