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▪ I. predeterminate, a.|priːdɪˈtɜːmɪnət|
[ad. late L. prædētermināt-us, pa. pple. of prædētermināre to predetermine.]
= predetermined 1.
1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 54 Not casuall, but predeterminate and certaine. 1655Bp. Richardson On O. Test. 313 We cannot break through the bounds of Gods providence and predeterminate purpose in the guidance of them [events]. 1897Woman's Home Comp. Dec., There is no predeterminate set of conditions for holiday-making that need tie adventurous hands.
Hence predeˈterminately adv.
1883Gilmour Mongols xviii. 241 A Doctor of Divinity..deliberately and predeterminately lied, that he might retain possession of a few inches of wood.
▪ II. † predeˈterminate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. ppl. stem of late L. prædētermināre.]
= predetermine 1, 2. Hence † predeˈterminating ppl. a.
1638Chillingw. Relig. Prot. i. ii. §162. 118 God predeterminates men to all their Actions good, bad, and indifferent. a1643Ld. Falkland, etc. Infallibility (1646) 13 They have made differences among them (as whether the Pope be infallible; whether God predeterminate every action). 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845) 93 The predeterminating grace of Christ. |