predestine

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Genes do not predestine one individual to complete fewer years of schooling than another or one individual to score higher on a cognitive performance test than another.

From Scientific American • May 26, 2022

"But to whom dost Thou predestine the honor, holiness?"

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah

Therefore now He is able not to predestine him.

From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

V. predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand, predesignate.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Not so as to the motive that induced God to predestine certain individuals to the exclusion of others.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur