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Prescott.

Pre`de*clare" (?), v. t. To declare or announce beforehand; to preannounce. Milman.

Pre*ded`i*ca"tion (?), n. A dedication made previously or beforehand.

Pre`de*fine (?), v. t. To define beforehand.

Pre`de*lib`er*a"tion, n. Previous deliberation.

Pre`de*lin`e*a"tion, n. Previous delineation.

||Pre*del"la (?), n. [It.] The step, or raised secondary part, of an ||altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of ||several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming ||a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece.

Pre`de*sign" (?), v. t. To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine. Mitford.

Pre*des"ig*nate (?), a. (Logic) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated.

Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. Waterland.

Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an, n. One who believes in or supports the doctrine of predestination. Dr. H. More.

Pre*des`ti*na"ri*an*ism (?), n. The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.

Pre*des"ti*na*ry (?), a. Predestinarian. [Obs.] Heylin.

Pre*des"ti*nate (?), a. [L. praedestinatus, p. p. of praedestinare to predestine; prae before + destinare to determine. See Destine.] Predestinated; foreordained; fated. "A predestinate scratched face." Shak.

Pre*des"ti*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Predestinating.] [Cf. Predestine.] To predetermine or foreordain; to appoint or ordain beforehand by an unchangeable purpose or decree; to preÎlect.

Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son.

Rom. viii. 29.

Syn. -- To predetermine; foreordain; preordain; decree; predestine; foredoom.

Pre*des`ti*na"tion (?), n. [L. praedestinatio: cf. F. prÈdestination.] 1. The act of predestinating.

Predestination had overruled their will.

Milton.

2. (Theol.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism.

Pre*des"ti*na*tive (?), a. Determining beforehand; predestinating. [R.] Coleridge.

Pre*des"ti*na`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. prÈdestinateur.] 1. One who predestinates, or foreordains.

2. One who holds to the doctrine of predestination; a predestinarian. Cowley.

Pre*des"tine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining.] [Cf. F. prÈdestiner. See Predestinate.] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. Young.

Pre*des"ti*ny (?), n. Predestination. [Obs.]

Pre`de*ter"mi*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being determined beforehand. Coleridge.