2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom.

Pre`de*ter"mine, v. i. To determine beforehand.

Pre"di*al (?), a. [L. praedium a farm, estate: cf. F. prÈdial.] 1.

Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real

estate. Ayliffe.

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