Predestine
verb (used with object), predestined, predestining.
1.
to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine:
He seemed predestined for the ministry.
verb (transitive)
1.
to foreordain; determine beforehand
2.
(theol) (of God) to decree from eternity (any event, esp the final salvation of individuals)
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