Predestine

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pre=des=tine

CIDE DICTIONARY

Predestine, v. t. [Cf. F. prédestiner. See Predestinate.].

 To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.  Young.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Predestine, v.tr.
1 determine beforehand.
2 ordain in advance by divine will or as if by fate.

Etymology

ME f. OF predestiner or eccl.L praedestinare PREDESTINATE v.

ROGET THESAURUS

Predestine

Necessity

VB lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined, in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corne, to be unable to help, destine, doom, foredoom, devote, predestine, preordain, cast a spell, necessitate, compel.

Predetermination

VB predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert, resolve beforehand, predesignate.

Destiny

VB impend, hang over, lie over, threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face, foreordain, preordain, predestine, doom, have in store for.