Preordain
verb
verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To determine the fate of something in advance. transitive
"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"
- 2 foreordain or determine beforehand wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"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"
Etymology
From pre- + ordain.