predevote

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ devote.

Adjective

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predevote (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, nonce word, poetic) predestined
    Synonyms: fateful, foreordained; see also Thesaurus:fated
    • 1839, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Peter Bell the Third:
      The next Peter Bell was he,
      Predevote, like you and me,
      To good or evil, as may come []