Definition of predestine Predestine

/pɹiˌdɛˈstʌn/ - [preedestun] - pre•des•tine

We found 8 definitions of predestine from 5 different sources.

What does predestine mean?

Verb predestines, predestining, predestined
predestine - foreordain or determine beforehand
		foreordain, preordain
		predetermine determine beforehand
		jinx foredoom to failure; "This project is jinxed!"
predestine - foreordain by divine will or decree
		predestinate, foreordain
		predetermine determine beforehand
		theological system, theology the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"
predestine - decree or determine beforehand
		ordain issue an order

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

predestine
prē-des′tin, v.t. to destine or decree beforehand: to foreordain.—adj. Predestinā′rian, pertaining to predestination.—n. one who holds the doctrine of predestination.—n. Predestinā′rianism.—v.t. Predes′tinate, to determine beforehand: to preordain by an unchangeable purpose.—adj. fore-ordained: fated.—n. Predestinā′tion, act of predestinating: (theol.) the doctrine that God has from all eternity unalterably fixed whatever is to happen, esp. the eternal happiness or misery of men.—n. Predestinā′tor, one who predestinates or foreordains: a predestinarian