predestine
3 synonyms for predestine, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To decide in advance what will happen to someone or something; to preordain.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
predestinate
preordain
foreordain
Etymology
Came from Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare; by surface analysis, pre- plus destine. It displaced the native Old English word foreteohhian.
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