predestinate

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I have recently learned that I am But a creature that moves In predestinate grooves.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified."

From The Ordinance of Covenanting by Cunningham, John

"God keep your ladyship still in that mind," retorts Benedick, "so some gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate scratched face."

From Garrick's Pupil by Filon, Auguston

The hour draws nigh Of life or death predestinate.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry

The original for predestinate, proorizo, is used in only one place, so far as I can find, with any direct reference to a sinful act, Acts iv, 28.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur