predestinyn.

Brit.

/priːˈdɛstᵻni/,

/prᵻˈdɛstᵻni/, U.S.

/priˈdɛstᵻni/

Forms: Middle English predestene, Middle English predesteyne, Middle English predestine, Middle English predestyne, 1800s– predestiny.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, destiny n.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + destiny n., after predestine v., predestination n., etc. Compare Middle French, French †prédestiné (1532), Old Occitan predestinat (13th cent.).

rare before mid 19th cent.

Pre-appointed destiny or fate; predestination; (also) the fact of being predestined.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate

shapeOE

whatec1200

destiny1340

ordinance1340

predestinya1425

eure1430

predestin1558

fate1667

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 966 In hire merites sothly for to be, As they shul comen [v.r. turnen] by predestyne [v.rr. predesteyne, predestene].

1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xiii. 229 Instead of inherent stupidity, or a predestiny to be correct.

1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 191 Anxious to rescue design, or at least the ‘purpose’—in short predestiny in the evolutionary series of Nature.

1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 856 That old Hebrew poet, imagin'd Eve's predestiny to be helpmate and comfort to God's perfect man.

1966 Jrnl. Politics 28 19 An objective telos directs man to his goals (almost in the Calvinist sense of pre-destiny).

1996 Observer 31 Mar. 21/3 With the ugly date of the anniversary of the Waco inferno and the Oklahoma City bombing coming up this month, the siege takes on a macabre sense of predestiny.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	predestiny
释义	predestinyn. Brit. /priːˈdɛstᵻni/, /prᵻˈdɛstᵻni/, U.S. /priˈdɛstᵻni/ Forms: Middle English predestene, Middle English predesteyne, Middle English predestine, Middle English predestyne, 1800s– predestiny. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, destiny n. Etymology: < pre- prefix + destiny n., after predestine v., predestination n., etc. Compare Middle French, French †prédestiné (1532), Old Occitan predestinat (13th cent.). rare before mid 19th cent. Pre-appointed destiny or fate; predestination; (also) the fact of being predestined. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate shapeOE whatec1200 destiny1340 ordinance1340 predestinya1425 eure1430 predestin1558 fate1667 a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) iv. 966 In hire merites sothly for to be, As they shul comen [v.r. turnen] by predestyne [v.rr. predesteyne, predestene]. 1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xiii. 229 Instead of inherent stupidity, or a predestiny to be correct. 1875 tr. E. O. Schmidt Doctr. Descent & Darwinism 191 Anxious to rescue design, or at least the ‘purpose’—in short predestiny in the evolutionary series of Nature. 1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iii. 856 That old Hebrew poet, imagin'd Eve's predestiny to be helpmate and comfort to God's perfect man. 1966 Jrnl. Politics 28 19 An objective telos directs man to his goals (almost in the Calvinist sense of pre-destiny). 1996 Observer 31 Mar. 21/3 With the ugly date of the anniversary of the Waco inferno and the Oklahoma City bombing coming up this month, the siege takes on a macabre sense of predestiny. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
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