predestine
pree de stuhn
- v decree or determine beforehand
- v foreordain by divine will or decree
- v foreordain or determine beforehand
- Past failures, no matter how disastrous, do not predestine outcomes and thereby excuse future generations from their responsibility.
- From All Movie Guide: Despite a visage and presence that seemed to almost predestine her for movie stardom, fair-haired Romola Garai stumbled into acting almost inadvertently.
- While the Equinox shares its basic chassis design with the Vue, the similarity does not predestine it to the same failure; the Chevy has a longer wheelbase, a different body .