Preordain

verb

verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 2
    foreordain or determine beforehand wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
foreordainpredestinepredestinecondemndestinedetermine

Example

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"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.

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