predestine en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/
- /pɹiˈdɛstɪn/
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Etymology
From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.
Meanings
- (transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
- (transitive) To foreordain by divine will.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| predestining | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| predestines | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| predestined | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| predestined | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
predestiny · destine · predestined · predestination
Translations (18)
it predeterminare (to determine the future of something in advance) · vi định trước (to determine the future of something in advance) · bg предопределям (to determine the future of something in advance) · es predestinar (to determine the future of something in advance) · ang foreteohhian (to determine the future of something in advance) · fi predestinoida (to determine the future of something in advance) · sh предодре́дити (to determine the future of something in advance) · cs předurčit (to determine the future of something in advance) · vi an bài (to determine the future of something in advance) · pl predestynować (to determine the future of something in advance) · hu predesztinál (to determine the future of something in advance) · fi ennaltamäärätä (to determine the future of something in advance) · it preordinare (to determine the future of something in advance) · da prædestinere (to determine the future of something in advance) · da forudbestemme (to determine the future of something in advance) · it predestinare (to determine the future of something in advance) · fi määrätä ennalta (to determine the future of something in advance) · sh predodréditi (to determine the future of something in advance)