Verb: predestine pree'de-stin
- Determine future events beforehand
"God does not predestine a transgression";
- foreordain, preordain
- Decree or determine beforehand
"Some believe that our fates are predestined"
- (theology) foreordain by divine will or decree
"Some believe that God has predestined certain souls for salvation";
- predestinate, foreordain
Derived forms: predestined, predestining, predestines
Type of: ordain, predetermine
Encyclopedia: Predestine