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predestine en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /pɹeˈdɛstɪn/
  • /pɹiˈdɛstɪn/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

predestinarian

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)