predestinativeadj.
/priːˈdɛstᵻnətɪv/, /prᵻˈdɛstᵻnətɪv/, U.S. /priˈdɛstəˌneɪdɪv/ rare.
Of the nature of predestination; = predestinating adj.
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a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 413 The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections.
1901 Times 14 Nov. 15/4 But that it should have a prospective and prophetical, if not even a predestinative, efficacy is, I imagine, something new.
2002 T. Luoma Incarnation & Physics iv. 76 Christ's atoning work does not..add anything essential to the divine decree that exercises its predestinative power from all eternity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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