"predestine" meaning in English

See predestine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/, /pɹiˈdɛstɪn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-predestine.wav Forms: predestines [present, singular, third-person], predestining [participle, present], predestined [participle, past], predestined [past]
Rhymes: -ɛstɪn Etymology: From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|prédestiner}} Old French prédestiner, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{ncog|ang|foreteohhian}} Old English foreteohhian Head templates: {{en-verb}} predestine (third-person singular simple present predestines, present participle predestining, simple past and past participle predestined)
  1. (transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain. Tags: transitive Translations (to determine the future of something in advance): предопределям (predopredeljam) (Bulgarian), předurčit (Czech), predestinoida (Finnish), määrätä ennalta (Finnish), ennaltamäärätä (Finnish), predesztinál (Hungarian), predestinare (Italian), predeterminare (Italian), preordinare (Italian), foreteohhian (Old English), predestynować [imperfective] (Polish), предодре́дити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), predodréditi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), predestinar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-predestine-en-verb-LigP8ktf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 9 29 5 29 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 9 31 3 31 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'to determine the future of something in advance': 95 5
  2. (theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Theology
    Sense id: en-predestine-en-verb-h9bCzBaF Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: destine, predestination, predestined, predestiny

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain."
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "predopredeljam",
      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "предопределям"
    },
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "předurčit"
    },
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "määrätä ennalta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "ennaltamäärätä"
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "predestinare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "predeterminare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "preordinare"
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
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      "sense": "to determine the future of something in advance",
      "word": "predestinar"
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