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PREDESTINARIAN a. 2 definitions
Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. Waterland.
PREDESTINARIANISM n.
The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.
PREDESTINARY a.
Predestinarian. [Obs.] Heylin.
PREDESTINATE a. 2 definitions
Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.
PREDESTINATION n. 2 definitions
The act of predestinating. Predestination had overruled their will. Milton.
PREDESTINATIVE a.
Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge.
PREDESTINATOR n. 2 definitions
One who predestinates, or foreordains.
PREDESTINE v.
To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.
PREDESTINY n.
Predestination. [Obs.]
PREDETERMINABLE a.
Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.
PREDETERMINATE a.
Determined beforehand; as, the predeterminate counsel of God.
PREDETERMINATION n.
The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will. Hammond.
PREDETERMINE v. 3 definitions
To determine (something) beforehand. Sir M. Hale.
REGREDE v.
To go back; to retrograde, as the apsis of a planet's orbit. [R.] Todhunter.
REREDEMAIN n.
A backward stroke. [Obs.]
UNREDEEMED a.
Not redeemed.
ACCEDE v.
ty; to attain. Edward IV., who had acceded to the throne in the year 1461. T. Warton. If Frederick had acceded to the supreme power. Morley.
ACCREDIT v.
To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.
AGAINBUY v.
To redeem. [Obs.] Wyclif.
ANCIENT n.
A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.] Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. Hooker.
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