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Predestine, -yne, v. P.t. predestinit, -ynit; predestinat. P.p. predestinat. [ME and e.m.E. predestyn (Wyclif), -ine (16th c.), predestinate (c 1560), p.t. predestend (a 1400–50), predestinat (c 1450), p.p. predestynat (Wyclif), -ate (a 1450), -ated (1582), predestyned (1483), F. prédestiner (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), L. prædestināre, p.p. prædestinātus: cf. also Predestinat ppl. adj.] tr. Of God: To predestine, pre-ordain.pres. 1490 Irland Mir. II 143/18.
[He] predestynis thame to cum to eternale blisp.t. (a) 1490 Irland Mir. II 146/16.
Thame he chesit and predestinit Ib. 148/19.
Predestynit(b) 1490 Irland Mir. II 148/31.
God predestinat Sanct Ihone Baptist [etc.] a1599 Rollock Wks. I 371.
This is that wisdome and doctrin that God predestinat fra al eternitiep.p. a1538 Abell 59 b.
Wald ony sa God hes predestinat all that he will do in his creaturis na it ma be gottin be prayeris othirwes a1561 Norvell Meroure 9 a.
For thou hast thyne elect predestinat … to be obumbrat Frome all dissaitfull doctrine malignant