preordain

English

Verb

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

1. 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 ruth

     To see a little one from birth defiled,

     Or lame or blind, as preordained to languish

     Through youthless life

Synonyms

• foreordain
• predestine
• predetermine

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