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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of
   praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to
   determine. See {Destine}.]
   Predestinated; foreordained; fated. ``A predestinate
   scratched face.'' --Shak.

Predestinate \Pre*des"ti*nate\, 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
   pre["e]lect.

         Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
         conformed to the image of his Son.       --Rom. viii.
                                                  29.

   Syn: To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree;
        predestine; foredoom.

资料来源 : WordNet®

predestinate
     adj : established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in
           history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate
           inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since
           the beginning of the world" [syn: {foreordained}, {predestined}]
     v : foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: {predestine}, {foreordain}]
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