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verb
To determine the fate of something in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
foreordain or determine beforehand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: predestine, foreordain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: predetermine
Narrower terms: jinx
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English ordain English preordain From pre- + ordain.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
