What does predestinate mean?
Predestinate means To predestine..
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/pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt/ · verb
To predestine..
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
Boys possessing any mental or moral force to give them a tendency, then predestinate their careers; or, if under supervision, take the impress that is given them: not often to cast it off, and seldom to cast it off altogether.
God keep your ladyship still in that mind; so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face.
It’s said there’s one predestinate / To be his mortal foe; / But that man is yet unborn, / And long may it be so.
There once was a man who said, “Damn! It is borne in upon me I am An engine that moves In predestinate grooves, I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram.”
Use predestinate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Predestinate means To predestine..
Common synonyms include sure, foreordained, foreordain, predestine.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
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