To determine or decide in advance what will happen to someone; to ordain beforehand by fate or divine will.
From 'fore-' + 'destine' from Latin 'destinare' (to intend, appoint). The prefix emphasizes the predetermination.
Calvinist theology made 'foredestine' (or 'predestine') a major doctrine—the belief that God had already foredestined who would be saved and who wouldn't, which deeply influenced Protestant religious thought.
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