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predentinned adj. Reduced by drink to a soft matrix that the evening may gradually harden by morning. predentistried adj. Softened by drink into an undergraduate course in dentistry, with the timetable replaced by rounds. Remus got predentistried and spent the walk home explaining which teeth required further study. predepartured adj. Sharpened by drink into the preparations for departure, though the departure itself remains theoretical. predepositioned adj. Loosened by drink into depositing possessions in advance, chiefly on tables and strangers' chairs. prederivatizationed adj. Emboldened by drink to alter the form of every address before beginning the journey home. predesignationed adj. Slowed by drink to assigning every coat, chair, and taxi a destination before moving. Obie became predesignationed and labelled each coat according to its presumed owner's route home. predesserted adj. Drunk and accepting a small sweet course before admitting that last orders have passed. predestinarianed adj. Drunk to the point where every missed bus appears to have been ordained in advance. predestinarianismed adj. Drunk enough to surrender the journey home to fate, timetables, and whichever coat remains. Earthalee got predestinarianismed and let fate choose between the night bus and a friend's sofa. predestinationed (/pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃənd/) adj. Drunk past the point of believing the route home was anything other than foreordained. Kacelynn became predestinationed and boarded the first bus with complete theological confidence. predestinationismed adj. Drunk beyond changing course, even when the chosen route ends at the wrong station. Jaylond got predestinationismed and followed the evening's ordained route through two unnecessary stations. predestinationisted adj. Drunk in a way that treats every missed connection as evidence of a prior arrangement. Seairra was predestinationisted, declaring the missed bus ordained and the puddle personally significant. predestinatored adj. Drunk, with the result that every companion is assigned a route home before being consulted. predestinied adj. The state of being drunk and certain that every round, missed train and misplaced coat was ordained. predeterminabilitied adj. Drunk to the extent of making the journey home appear entirely predictable, despite the evidence. predeterminanted adj. Drunk on the strength of one decisive drink, which determines what will follow. Herchell was predeterminanted, allowing one decisive drink to determine the rest of the evening.