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Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

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  1. a. Predestinated; foreordained; fated.
  2. v. t. To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preelect.
  3. adj. established or prearranged unalterably
  4. v. foreordain by divine will or decree
  5. Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak. To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preëlect. Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29. Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.
  6. Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratchedface." Shak.
  7. v foreordain by divine will or decree s established or prearranged unalterably