Like Oedipus' marriage

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: predestine )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Predestine \Pre*des"tine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predestined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Predestining .] [Cf. F. pr['e]destiner. See Predestinate .] To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate. --Young.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Life isn't a series of predestined events: we have some control over what happens. ▪ Many religions teach that man is predestined to suffer. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Meg realized now that she had, from the first, been ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. established or prearranged unalterably; "his place in history was foreordained"; "a sense of predestinate inevitability about it"; "it seemed predestined since the beginning of the world" [syn: foreordained , predestinate ]