Ordain

/ɔɹˈdeɪn/

Synonyms for "ordain" (160 found)

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Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)

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keepkilllay bylay downlegalizelegislatelegitimatelegitimatizelegitimizelobbylobby throughlogrolllotmake a regulationmake assignmentsmake legalmanagemandatemarkmark off
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mark out fornamenominateoperateorderorder aboutordinatepasspigeonholepocketportion offprescribepresideproclaimpromulgatepronounceput in forceput throughrailroadrailroad throughregulatereserverestrictrestrict toroll logsrulerunsaintsanctionsay the wordscheduleselectsentencesetset apartset asideset offsign onsign uptabtabletagtake the floorvalidatevetoyield the floor
Noun(3 words)
order maintaining lawspreordainingset guidelines
Adjective(1 words)
state government rule

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decreeenthronefate related beliefinvestlegal actionmetaphysical conceptofficial actsacred ritevest

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destinydivine foreordinationfate doctrineforeordinationpredestinationultimate foreordination

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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

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"Now, to ease thy woes, / since sorrow for his sake hath dimmed thine eyes, / more will I tell, and hidden fates disclose. / He in Italia long shall battle with his foes, / and crush fierce tribes, and milder ways ordain, / and cities build and wield the Latin sway, / till the third summer shall have seen him reign, / and three long winter-seasons passed away / since fierce Rutulia did his arms obey."

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"To thee, yea, thee, fierce miscreant", he cried, / may Heaven, if Heaven with righteous eyes behold / so foul an outrage and a deed so bold, / ne'er fail a fitting guerdon to ordain, / nor worthy quittance for thy crime withhold, / whose hand hath made me see my darling slain, / and dared with filial blood a father's eyes profane."

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"Naught happens here but as the Gods ordain. / It may not be, nor doth the Lord divine / of high Olympus nor the Fates design / that thou should'st take Creusa."

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