Preordains

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of preordain form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Example

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""Good morning, Mary! This is your telephone speaking. Your breakfast is ready. Time to get up." "I don't want to get up yet. I want to sleep." "You have to be at work in an hour's time, and you must eat something before that." Moaning, in the grip of despair, Mary did what the device demanded. "How could it come to this, that my phone preordains my day?""

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