predestinate

English

Etymology

From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre. By surface analysis, pre- +‎ destinate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (verb) /pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt/

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• IPA^(key): (adjective) /pɹiːˈdɛstɪnət/

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Verb

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

1. 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. […], volume (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.

Derived terms

• unpredestinated

Adjective

predestinate (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Predestined, preordained.
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), w: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.

   • 1905, Maurice Evan Hare, “Limerick”, in Susan Ratcliffe, editor, Oxford Essential Quotations, sixth edition, Oxford University Press, published 2018, →ISBN:

     There once was a man who said, “Damn!
     It is borne in upon me I am
      An engine that moves
      In predestinate grooves,
     I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram.”

Derived terms

• predestinately

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

predestinate

1. inflection of predestinare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

predestinate f pl

1. feminine plural of predestinato

Spanish

Verb

predestinate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of predestinar combined with te