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predestinative

predestinative adjective: determining beforehand; predestinating.

Adjective

predestinative (not comparable)

  1. Determining beforehand; predestinating.
    • The predestinative force of a free agent's own will in certain absolute acts, determinations, or elections, and in respect of which acts it is one either with the divine or the devilish will; and if the former, the conclusions to be drawn from God's goodness, faithfulness, and spiritual presence...1830, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on The Pilgrim's Progress

Origin of predestinative

From pre- + destinative.

Words formed from predestinative

Questions about predestinative

What does predestinative mean?
Predestinative means determining beforehand; predestinating.
What part of speech is predestinative?
Predestinative is an adjective.

Words near predestinative in the dictionary

  1. predestinational
  2. predestinationism
  3. predestinationist
  4. predestinationists
  5. predestinations
  6. predestinative
  7. predestinatively
  8. predestinator
  9. predestinators
  10. predestine
  11. predestined

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