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Definition of Predestinate

1. Verb. Foreordain by divine will or decree.

2. Adjective. Established or prearranged unalterably. "It seemed predestined since the beginning of the world"

Definition of Predestinate

1. a. Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

2. v. t. To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect.

Definition of Predestinate

1. Verb. To predestine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Predestinate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Predestinate

predepositionally predesign predesignate predesignated predesignates predesignating predesigned predesigning predesigns predessert

predesserts predestinarian predestinarianism predestinarians predestinary predestinate (current term) predestinated predestinates predestinating predestination

predestinationist predestinations predestinative predestinator predestinators predestine predestined predestines predestining predestiny

Literary usage of Predestinate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sermons on Several Occasions by John Wesley (1855)
"Whom he did foreknow, ho also did predestinate to be conformed to the imago of his Son:—whom he did predestinate, them lie also called : and whom he called, ..."

2. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistle to the Romans: Designed for by Albert Barnes (1863)
"IT Whom he did predestinate. All whom he did predestinate. IT Them he also called. Called by his Spirit to become Christians. He called, not merely by an ..."

3. The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M. by John Wesley, John Emory (1840)
"... did predestinate to be conformed to the imaga of his Son:—whom he did predestinate, them he also called : and whom he called, them he also justified ..."

4. Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament by Augustine (1875)
"30. when he says, Now whom He did predestinate, them He also called; ... God for us, to predestinate us; God for us, to call us; God for us, to justify us; ..."

5. The Writings of John Bradford .. by John Bradford, John Hooper, Nicholas Ridley, Aubrey Townsend (1848)
"Rom. xi. him," saith he, " you are made heirs and predestinate to the praise of his glory." So saith the apostle elsewhere, " Them whom ho hath predestinate ..."

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