predesign 
r.] To design or purpose beforehand; prede- 
termine. 
In artificial things we Bee many motions very orderly 
performed, and with a manifest tendency to particular 
and predesigned ends. Boyle, Free Inquiry. 
predesignate (pre-des'ig-nat), '. t. ; pret. and 
pp. predetrignatcd, ppr. predesigiiating. (X LL. 
priedesignatus, pp. of pradesignare, designate 
before: see predcsign.] To determine upon in 
advance, as to settle upon the characters for 
which a collection is to be sampled in advance 
of the examination of the sample. 
predesignate (pre-des'ig-uat), a. [< LL. prx- 
pp. of pr&designare, predesignate : 
see predesign.] In logic: (a) Having the quan- 
tification of the subject distinctly expressed : 
said of a proposition. Sir W. Hamilton, (b) 
Designated in advance. Thus, It U a condition of 
valid Induction that the characters for which a collection 
la sampled should be designated or determined in ad- 
vance ; and U this IB done, these characters are predesiy- 
note. 
predesignation (pre-des-ig-na'shon), n. ^pre- 
designate + -ton.] In logic: (a) A sign, symbol, 
or word expressing logical quantity. 
He thinks that, In universal negation, the logicians cm- 
ploy the predestination "all." 
.Sir W. Uainilton, Discussions, App. II., Logical (B). 
(6) The act of predesignating. 
Suppose we were to draw our inferences without the 
preaesignation of the character [for which the class had 
been sampled!; then we might in every case find some 
recondite character in which those instances would all 
agree. C. S. Peirce, Theory of Probable Inference, viii. 
predesignatory (pre-des'ig-na-to-ri), a. [< 
irrefcsigntite + -ory.] In logic, marking the 
logical quantity of a proposition. 
Here the predesignatory words for universally affirma- 
tive and universally negative quantity are not the same. 
Sir W. UamUton, Discussions, App. II., Logical (I!) 
predestinarian (pre-des-ti-na'ri-an), . and ti. 
[< predestine + -arian.'] I. a. 1.' Believing in 
the doctrine of predestination. 2. Of or per- 
taining to predestination. 
II. . One who believes in the doctrine of 
predestination. 
Why does the predestinarian so adventurously climb 
Into heaven, to ransack the celestial Archives, read God's 
hidden decrees, when witli less labour he may secure an 
authentic transcript within himself? 
Decay of Christian Piety. 
predestinarianism(pre-des-ti-na'ri-au-izm),7i. 
[< predestinurian + -ism."] The system or doc- 
trines of the predestinariaus. 
Predestinarianum was in the flrst instance little more 
than t development of the doctrine of exclusive salvation. 
Lecky, Rationalism, I. 386. 
predestinaryt (prMes'ti-na-ri ), . [(predestine 
+ -an/.] Predestinarian. ' Hcytin, Hist. Pres- 
byterians, p. 21. (Davies.) 
predestinate (pre-des'ti-nat), v. t. ; pret. and 
pp. predestinated, ppr. predestinating. [< L. 
prtedcstinatus, pp. of priedestinarc, determine 
beforehand: see predestine."} To predetermine 
or foreordain ; appoint or ordain beforehand by 
an unchangeable purpose. 
Whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate to be 
conformed to the Image of his Son. Rom. viii. 29. 
By the decree of God, for the manifestation of Ins glory, 
some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting 
life, and others foreordained to everlasting death. These 
angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are 
particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their num- 
ber Is so certain and definite that It 
creased or diminished. 
t cannot be either In- 
Wat. Conf. oj Faith, III 8, 4. 
= Syn. Predestinate, Foreordain. Predestine, decree fore- 
doom. J'reilertinale and foreordain are exact words, ap- 
plying only to the acts of God ; predefine is used some- 
what more freely. 
predestinate (pre-des'ti-nat), . and n. [< ME. 
predestimit, < L. preedcstinatiis, pp.: see the 
verb.] I. a. Predestinated: foreordained; 
fated. 
Of hevene* kyng thon art predettinat 
To hele our soules of her seek cstat 
Chaucer, Mother of God, 1. 69. 
Home gentleman or other shall 'scape a predestinate 
scratched face. Shot., Much Ado, I. 1. 136. 
The great good wizard, well beloved and well 
1'redeitiiuttr of heaven. 
Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse, vl. 
n. . One who is predestinated or foreor- 
dained to a particular end. 
We are Uoght to believe . . . that the promises are not 
the rewards at obedience, but graces pertaining only to a 
few pndtttinaUt. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), II. 18. 
predestination d>n; des-ti-na'shpn), . [< F. 
ilion = Sp. i>ri-iletinacion = Pg. pre- 
iwMMfll = It. fnA-slinii-iiine, < LI,, tirirdesti- 
(H-), a determining beforehand, < 
4682 . 
tiiuirc, determine beforehand: see predestinate.] 
The act of predestinating, or the state of being 
predestinated; fate; specifically, in Him/., the 
decree or purpose of God, by which he has from 
eternity immutably determined whatever comes 
to pass; in a more restricted sense, the decree 
by which men are destined to everlasting hap- 
piness or misery; in the most restricted sense, 
predestination to eternal life, or election (the 
correlative doctrine that God has predestined 
some to everlasting death is termed reproba- 
tion). See predestinate, v. t. 
Predestination to Life Is the everlasting purpose of God, 
whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) 
he hath constantly decreed by Ills counsel, secret to us, to 
deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath 
chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by 
Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour. 
Thirty-nine Articles of the Episcopal Church, Art xvii. 
Ash* predestination over-ruled 
Their will, disposed by absolute decree 
Or high foreknowledge. Milton, P. L., lii. 114. 
Influenced by their belief In jiredestination, the men dis- 
play, in times of distressing uncertainty, an exemplary pa- 
tience. /-'. II'. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. SflO. 
= Syn. Foreordination, predetermination. 
predestinative (pre-des'ti-na-tiv), a. [= It. 
predestinativo; as predestinate + -ire.] Deter- 
mining beforehand ; foreordaining. Coleridge. 
predestinator (pre-des'ti-na-tor), n. [< F. pre- 
destinateur; as predestinate -f -or 1 .] 1. One 
who predestinates or foreordains. 2. One who 
believes in predestination ; a predestiuarian. 
Let all Predestinators me produce, 
Who struggle with Eternal Bonds In vain. 
Cowley, The Mistress, My Fate. 
predestine (pre-des'tin), r. t.; pret. and pp. pre- 
destined, ppr. predestining. [< F. predestiner = 
Sp. Pg. predestinar = It. predestinare, < li.pree- 
destinare, determine beforehand, < prse, before- 
hand, + dcstinare, determine : see destine.'] To 
decree beforehand ; predetermine; foreordain; 
predestinate. 
At length he spoke, and, as the scheme was laiil, 
Doom'd to the slaughter my pre deMn'd head. 
I'M, MavtA, ii. 
= Syn. See predestinate. 
preaestinyt(i>re-des'ti-iii),. [ME.predMfey*0; 
as prc- + destiny. C'f. predestine.'] Predesti- 
nation. 
Syn God seth every thynge, out of doutaunce, . . . 
As they shul comen by predesteyne. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 96. 
predeterminable (pre-de-ter'mi-iia-bl), a. [< 
predetermine + -able.'] Capable of being pre- 
determined. Coleridge. (Imp. Diet.) 
predeterminate (prS-df-ter'mi-nSt), o. [< LL. 
preedeterminatuK, gp. of pnedetcrminare, deter- 
mine beforehand: see predetermine.'] Deter- 
mined beforehand: as, the predeterminate coun- 
sel of God. 
We cannot break through the bounds of God's provi- 
dence and predeterminate purpose In the guidance of 
events. 
Dp. Richardson, Obs. on the Old Testament, p. 313. 
predetermination (pre-de-ter-mi-na'shon), n. 
[= F. predetermination = &i>.predeterminacion= 
Pg. predeterminafSo = It. predeterminazione, < 
1iL.*prtedeterminatio(n~), < prsedetcrminare, de- 
termine beforehand: see predeterminate.'] 1. 
The act of predetermining; preordination; 
previous determination to a given course or 
end. 
This predetermination of God's own will is so far from 
being the determining of ours that it Is distinctly thecon- 
n 11 1 . Hammond, Fundamentals. 
2. The state of being previously determined ; 
a state wherein each act or event is dependent 
upon antecedent conditions. 
Our weary glance, as it strays over the outside of phsa- 
nomena, meets nothing else than the whirl of impersonal 
substances, the blind conflict of unconscious forces, the 
drear necessity of Inevitable predetermination. 
Lota, Microcosmus (trans.), I. 1. 
predetermine (pre-de-ter'min), v.; pret. and 
pp. predetermined, ppr. predetermining. [= F. 
pr&leterminer ^ Sp. Pg. predeterminar = It. pre- 
determinare, < LL. pr&determinare, determine 
beforehand, < L. pry, before, * dcterminarc, 
limit, determine: see determine.'} I. trans. 1. 
To determine beforehand; settle in purpose or 
counsel . 
If God foresees events, he must have predetermined them. 
SirM. Hate. 
The moment I cast my eyes upon him, I via predeter- 
mined not to give him a single sous. 
Sterne, Sentimental Journey, p. 8. 
2. To destine by previous decree. 
So great was the love of God to mankind, that he pre- 
pared joys infinite and never ceasing for man before he 
hail created him ; but he did not predetermine him to any 
erll. Jer. Taylor, Sermons, I. Ix. 
predicable 
U. intran,t. To make a determination before- 
hand. 
predetenninism (pre-de-t6r'mi-nizm), . [< 
predetermine + -tan.] Same as determinism. 
Worcester. 
predevote (pre-de-vof), a. [<.pre- + devote, n.] 
Predestinate ; foreordained. 
The next Peter Bell was he 
Predecote, like you and me, 
To good or evil as may eoroe. 
Shelley, Peter Bell the 'I bird. Pro). 
predevourt (pre-de-vour'), f- ' [< pre- + de- 
vour.'] To consume beforehand ; exhaust pre- 
maturely, teller, Worthies, II. 572. 
predial (pre'di-al), a. and n. [Also pritdial (af- 
ter L.) ; < OF. predial, F. predial = Sp. Pg.pre- 
dial = It.prediale, a., < ML. pncdiulis, < L. pra- 
diinii, a farm, an estate, for 'prsehetHum, <prte- 
hendere, prehendere, seize, take: see preKend. 
Cf. prefrt, booty: see j>ret/2.] I. a. 1. Consist- 
ing of land or farms; real; landed. 
By the civil law their predial estates are liable to fiscal 
payments and taxes. Ayti/r, Parergon. 
2. Attached to farms or land; owing service as 
tenanting land. 
The substitution of foreign-bom predial slaves and dis- 
banded soldiers, from every part of the am lent known 
world, for the native and aboriginal Inhabitants of the soil 
[of Italy). O. P. Marsh, Hist Eng. Lang., p. ST. 
3. Consequent upon tenanting farms or land ; 
growing or issuing from farms or laud: as, pre- 
dial tUlies. 
Tit In - ... are defined to be the tenth part of the in- 
crease yearly arising and renewing from the profits of 
lands : . . . the flrst species being usually called predial, 
as of com, grass, hops, and wood. Blaclcstone, Com., II. lit 
If there are reasons for thinking that some free village 
societies fell during the process [of feudalization] Into the 
predial condition of villcnage whatever that condition 
may really have implied a compensating process began 
at some unknown date, under which the base tenant made 
a steady approach to the level of the freeholder. 
Maine, Village Communities, p. 141. 
In France predial servitude existed down to the very 
days of the Revolution. Westminster Km., CXX VIII. 954. 
The delinquent loseth all his right whatsoever, priedial, 
personal, and of privilege. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), II. 108. 
Predial or real services, in the law qf servitudes, such 
services as one estate owes unto another estate : as, be- 
cause I am the owner of sueh a ground, I have the right 
of a way through the ground of another person. Washburn. 
Predial servitudes, in Scots law, real servitudes affect- 
ing heritage. Predial tithes, tithes of the produce of 
land, as corn, grass, hops, and wood. 
II. w. A predial laborer or slave; one who 
owes service as a tenant of land. 
These conditions were that the prxdials should owe 
three fourths of the profits of their labor to their masters 
for six years, and the non-pnedials for four years. 
Emerson, Address, W. I. Emancipation. 
prediastolic (pre-di-a-stol'ik), a. [< pre- + di- 
astolic.'] Just preceding the diastole of the 
heart. 
predicabilitv (pred'i-ka-bil'i-ti), M. [= F. )>re- 
dicabilitc = Pg. predicabilidade ; as predicable + 
-ity (see -bility).] The quality of being predica- 
ble; capacity for being affirmed of or attrib- 
uted to something. 
predicable (pred'i-ka-bl), a. and n. [= F. pri- 
dicable = Sp. predicable = Pg. predicated = It. 
prcdicabite, that may be affirmed, < ML. preedi- 
cabilis, predicable (neut. prxdicabile (Petrus 
Hispanus), a predicable) (in L. prtedicabilis, 
praiseworthy), < L. priedicarc, declare, pro- 
claim: see predicate.'] I. o. Capable of being 
predicated or affirmed; assertable. 
Of man, of life of happiness, certain primordial truths 
are predicable which necessarily underlie all right con- 
duct //. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 60S. 
II. n. A logical term considered as capable 
of being universally predicated of another; 
usually, one of the five words, or five kinds of 
predicates, according to the Aristotelian logic, 
namely genus, species, difference, property, 
and accident. Thus, Petrns Hispanus says (in Latin, 
but It Is equally true In English) : " I'redieable taken prop- 
erly Is the same as universal, only they differ In this, that 
predicable Is defined by 'Is said of while universal Is de- 
nned by ' is in.' Kor predicable is what Ii born apt to be 
said of many, and universal is what ls born apt to be In 
many." 
The! be called predicable*, because some one thing Is 
spoken of another. And the! are (as a man would sale) 
markes or notes of wuonlcs that arc sjioketi nf many, shew. 
yng how and by what maner the same woortles are attiib- 
nt< <1 t<> otht i - H'ilson, Rule of Reason. 
If any one takes the trouble to enumerate the I'rediea- 
Mo, which he may easily derive from a good Ontology 
(e. g., BaumgarU-n's), and to arrange them In classes un- 
der the Categories, ... he will . . . produce a purely 
analytic sivtimi of Mi-tupliy-ii-. wblehwlll not contain a 
single itynthetlc prolxxiition. 
K Caird, Phllos. of Kant, p. 300. 
