Predesign

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To design beforehand; to predetermine. transitive

    "Tranquillity insued among the people ; and the cart , predesigned by heaven to bring a king, the author of so much good , was , with its appendages , dedicated to the god , and placed in the citadel , where it was carefully preserved"

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"Tranquillity insued among the people ; and the cart , predesigned by heaven to bring a king, the author of so much good , was , with its appendages , dedicated to the god , and placed in the citadel , where it was carefully preserved"

Etymology

From pre- + design.

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