predestine
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)
- (transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
- (theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to determine the future of something in advance
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Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
predestine
- inflection of predestinar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
predestine
- inflection of predestinar:
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛstɪn
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- English lemmas
- English verbs
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