predestine
verb (used with object)
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine.
have predestined
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present perfectof predestine.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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Though I was joking, I did suspect our mutual adoration of the “Queen of Salsa” may have predestined us to be a couple.
From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2016
Our equal sorrows have predestined us to be friends.
From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I by Gerhart Hauptmann
Maybe it is not true that I have predestined her!
From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
To have "predestined spinster" written large all over you was bad enough, without being played upon thus and then cast back into spinsterhood after all!
From The Story of Louie by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
The son of a mad father, he was subjected to a terrorism which would have predestined a less strong nature to the lunatic asylum.
From German Problems and Personalities by Charles Saroléa
