predestinated
41predestinate — v 1.Theology, (all by divine decree or purpose) fate, ordain, doom, Rare. destinate; predetermine, predestine, preordain, foreordain, fore ordinate, foredoom, predecide, preelect, Inf. have in store for. adj 2. ordained, doomed, destined, fated,… …
42predetermined — adj 1. prearranged, set up, predecided, decided or settled in advance, predesigned, preplanned; foregone, cut and dried, already settled or decided or resolved. 2. deliberate, intentional, intended, meant; planned, calculated, studied, thought… …
43predestination — pre•des•ti•na•tion [[t]prɪˌdɛs təˈneɪ ʃən, ˌpri dɛs [/t]] n. 1) an act of predestinating or predestining 2) the state of being predestinated or predestined 3) fate; destiny • Etymology: 1300–50; ME < LL …
44predestinate — verb (t) /priˈdɛstəneɪt/ (say pree destuhnayt) (predestinated, predestinating) 1. to foreordain; predetermine. 2. Theology to foreordain by divine decree or purpose. –adjective /priˈdɛstənət/ (say pree destuhnuht), / eɪt/ (say ayt) 3.… …
45predestination — [prē des΄tə nā′shən] n. [ME predestinacioun < LL(Ec) praedestinatio] 1. Theol. the doctrine that 2. a) God foreordained everything that would happen b) God predestines certain souls to salvation and, esp. in Calvinism, others to damnation 3. a …
