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Predestinate

PREDES'TINATE, adjective Predestinated; foreordained.

PREDES'TINATE, verb transitive [Latin proedestino; proe and destino, to appoint.

To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose.

Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son. [[Romans 8#29|Romans 8:29]].

Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself. [[Ephesians 1#5|Ephesians 1:5]].