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What does predestine mean?

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  1. (transitive) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
  2. (theology) To foreordain by divine will.
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We agree with Calvinists that God has the power and the knowledge to do what Calvinists say God has done, namely, predestine that some people will be saved and others not.
Human beings are not born alike, but with different abilities that predestine them for different tasks in a well-ordered state.
Although nothing in his immediate background appeared to predestine him for a music career.
Eriugena argues in De divina praedestinatione that God, being perfectly good, wants all humans to be saved, and does not predestine souls to damnation.
Improved energy efficiency and reduced reaction times predestine the AMS4 to be used in brightness detection applications in displays for mobile devices, from mobile phones and PDAs to digital cameras.
Genetic factors may predestine a person to a life of heavy smoking, drinking, and drug-taking.

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