predestine
verb (used with object)
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine.
has predestined
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present perfectof predestine (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Still, there is no convincing some siblings who insist their birth order has predestined their role in the family.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2024
"Quod scriptum scriptum," once more answered Napoleon; "our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined."
From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart
Indian theology is not much hampered by the mad doctrine that God has predestined some souls to damnation, nor by the idea of Fate, except in so far as Karma is Fate.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
He divines the sorrow to which love has predestined him.
From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner
My relative has predestined to thee a considerable sum of money for finding the girl, but a no less considerable number of rods if thou deceive him.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Jeremiah Curtin
