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(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain. / (theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.

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predestine

Source Word

predestine

IPA(Pronunciation)

Verb

transitive

Japanese Meaning

物事の未来や運命をあらかじめ定める / 神の意思によりあらかじめ定める

Many villagers believed that the stars would predestine her path long before she was born.

多くの村人は、彼女が生まれるずっと前に星が彼女の運命を定めるだろうと信じていた。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.

Sense（2）

(theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.

predestines

（ present singular third-person ）

predestining

（ participle present ）

predestined

（ participle past ）

predestined

（ past ）