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Webster 1913 Edition
Preordain
Preˊor-dain′
,Verb.
T.
[Pref.
pre + ordain
: cf. L. praeordinare
.] To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.
Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Preordain
PREORDA'IN
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
preordain
preordain
English
Verb
preordain (third-person singular simple present preordains, present participle preordaining, simple past and past participle preordained)
- To determine the fate of something in advance
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
- A child! If here the heart turns sick with rath
- To see a little one from birth defiled,
- Or lame or blind, as preordained to languish
- Through youthless life
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
Synonyms
Translations
To determine the fate of something in advance
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