predestinate

/pri:'destineit/
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predestinate

The stars seemed predestinate in their eternal courses.

Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To foreordain or determine the fate or outcome of something or someone in advance, especially by divine decree or will. It implies an unchangeable, predetermined course of events.

  2. Adjective:

    • Established, prearranged, or determined in advance; unalterably fixed. This sense describes a state of being that is fated or inevitable.
Usage Examples

  • Verb:

    • Some theological doctrines hold that God predestinates individuals to salvation or damnation.
    • They believed their meeting was predestinated by a higher power.

  • Adjective:

    • He felt a predestinate sense of doom about the venture.
    • The novel explores the theme of a predestinate fate that the characters cannot escape.
Advanced Usage
  • Theological Context: The verb is most commonly used in religious or philosophical discussions about fate, destiny, and divine providence.
    • The concept of a predestinated elect is central to Calvinist theology.
  • Literary/Formal Tone: Both the verb and adjective are formal and somewhat archaic, often found in literary, philosophical, or historical texts rather than everyday conversation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Predestination (n): The action of predestinating or the state of being predestinated; the doctrine that all events have been willed by God.
    • The debate over free will versus predestination has lasted for centuries.
  • Predestined (adj): The more common adjective form with the same meaning as "predestinate."
    • It felt like a predestined moment.
  • Foreordain (v): A close synonym meaning to determine or decree beforehand.
Synonyms
  • Verb: Foreordain, predetermine, preordain, fate, doom.
  • Adjective: Predetermined, foreordained, fated, preordained, inevitable, inescapable.
Related Phrases & Idioms
  • A sense of predestinate inevitability: A feeling that an outcome is fixed and cannot be changed.
    • There was a sense of predestinate inevitability about the empire's fall.
predestinate

The stars seemed predestinate in their eternal courses.

Adjective
  1. 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
Verb
  1. foreordain by divine will or decree

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