predestine
verb
pre·des·tine (ˌ)prē-ˈde-stən 
predestined; predestining; predestines
transitive verb
: to destine, decree, determine, appoint, or settle beforehand
especially : predestinate sense 1
Synonyms
- destine
- doom
- fate
- foredoom
- foreordain
- ordain
- predetermine
- preordain
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Example Sentences
our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined
Recent Examples on the Web Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another. 
Robbee Wedow, Scientific American, 26 May 2022 Indeed, most huaren are pragmatists who see a Chinese family history as useful but not predestining. The Economist, 28 May 2020 Similarly, his playing of games such as Risk and Civilization seemed to predestine him to amass great power. Christina Passariello, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020 And in a way that almost feels predestined, one of the windows of the center looks out onto the church that Fred Rogers used to attend. NBC News, 24 Oct. 2019 Tee and Elle’s growing connection is predestined to result in doom, but these two crazy kids can’t let go of each other. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 2 July 2019 Surely here is a hero whose immortality was predestined. Tom Nolan, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018 Our fate is predestined by God, and our salvation will come through faith in that conviction. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018 After falling short of the rematch with the Patriots that many presumed was predestined, the Steelers have to address the self-destructive tendencies that have haunted them in key stretches. Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2018 See More
Robbee Wedow, Scientific American, 26 May 2022 Indeed, most huaren are pragmatists who see a Chinese family history as useful but not predestining. The Economist, 28 May 2020 Similarly, his playing of games such as Risk and Civilization seemed to predestine him to amass great power. Christina Passariello, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020 And in a way that almost feels predestined, one of the windows of the center looks out onto the church that Fred Rogers used to attend. NBC News, 24 Oct. 2019 Tee and Elle’s growing connection is predestined to result in doom, but these two crazy kids can’t let go of each other. Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 2 July 2019 Surely here is a hero whose immortality was predestined. Tom Nolan, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018 Our fate is predestined by God, and our salvation will come through faith in that conviction. Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018 After falling short of the rematch with the Patriots that many presumed was predestined, the Steelers have to address the self-destructive tendencies that have haunted them in key stretches. Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French predestiner, from Latin praedestinare, from prae- + destinare to determine — more at destine
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
predestine
verb
as in to destine
to determine the fate of in advance our victory in the tournament was seemingly predestined Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- destine
- doom
- foreordain
- ordain
- fate
- predetermine
- preordain
- predict
- condemn
- predestinate
- foredoom
- foreknow
- foretell
- presage
- sentence
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- prejudge
- augur
- preconceive
- divine
- bode
- forecast
- foresee
- portend
- forebode
- anticipate
- forbode