Definition of "predestinate"

predestinate

/pɹiːˈdɛstɪneɪt/

verb
third-person singular simple present predestinates, present participle predestinating, simple past and past participle predestinated
1. To predestine.
  Quotations
  Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Romans 8:29
  Boys possessing any mental or moral force to give them a tendency, then predestinate their careers; or, if under supervision, take the impress that is given them: not often to cast it off, and seldom to cast it off altogether.
  1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall
adjective
not comparable
1. (archaic) Predestined, preordained.
  Quotations
  God keep your ladyship still in that mind; so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face.
  1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act I, scene i]