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n. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Predestinarian. [ Obs. ] Heylin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine. ] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. “A predestinate scratched face.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Predestinated p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating. ] [ Cf. Predestine. ] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prédestination. ] 1. The act of predestinating. [ 1913 Webster ]

Predestination had overruled their will. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Determining beforehand; predestinating. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. prédestinateur. ] 1. One who predestinates, or foreordains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Predestined p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining. ] [ Cf. F. prédestiner. See Predestinate. ] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]