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verb
To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To foreordain by divine will.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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verb
foreordain or determine beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: foreordain, preordain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: predetermine
Narrower terms: jinx
verb
foreordain by divine will or decree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: predestinate, foreordain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: predetermine
verb
decree or determine beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: ordain
History
From Old French prédestiner, from Medieval Latin praedestinare. By surface analysis, pre- + destine. Displaced native Old English foreteohhian.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
