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predestine

verb

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Pronunciation: /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/ / /pɹiˈdɛstɪn/

verb

Etymology: From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.

  1. To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
  2. To foreordain by divine will.