PREDESTINATE (2)

Pre‐des″ti‐nate (?), v. 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.