preordain

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ ordain.

Pronunciation

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Verb

preordain (third-person singular simple present preordains, present participle preordaining, simple past and past participle preordained)

1. (transitive) 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

Synonyms

• foreordain
• predestine
• predetermine

Translations

To determine the fate of something in advance

• Bulgarian: предопределям (bg) (predopredeljam)
• Old English: foreteohhian
• Russian: предопределять (ru) (predopredeljatʹ)