predestinate
pre·des·ti·nate
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
Origin
From Middle English predestinate, from Latin praedestinātus, past participle of praedestināre. By surface analysis, pre- + destinate.
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