Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To determine or appoint beforehand; predestine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To ordain or appoint beforehand; preordain; predestinate; predetermine.
- Synonyms See
predestinate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
predestine orpreordain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb foreordain or determine beforehand
- verb foreordain by divine will or decree
Etymologies
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Examples
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‘O Allah, I swear by Thy Greatness and Thy Glory, I meant not through my disobedience to transgress against Thee; for indeed I am not ignorant of Thee; but my fault is one Thou didst foreordain to me from eternity without beginning; 357 so do Thou pardon my transgression, for indeed I disobeyed Thee of my ignorance!’
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But in trying to cut off speculation, he appeared to foreordain the final judgment.
The Real Cover-Up 2008
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So I don't think that you can, uh, foresee or foreordain any particular outcome, but I do think what we're all saying is that there is, at least in our experience, more of an openness to process, to bring people together to the table, that collaboration and collegiality.
Archive 2007-01-14 Sinfonian 2007
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The strength and organization of those fields clearly foreordain the presence of different coronal structures coronal streamers, holes plumes, condensations, etc., the global form of the eclipse corona, and the position and shape of the heliospheric current sheet.
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So I don't think that you can, uh, foresee or foreordain any particular outcome, but I do think what we're all saying is that there is, at least in our experience, more of an openness to process, to bring people together to the table, that collaboration and collegiality.
A woman's place is in the Senate Sinfonian 2007
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Zill notes that while coming from a disrupted family significantly increases a young adult's risks of experiencing social, emotional or academic difficulties, it does not foreordain such difficulties.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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Zill notes that while coming from a disrupted family significantly increases a young adult's risks of experiencing social, emotional or academic difficulties, it does not foreordain such difficulties.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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Zill notes that while coming from a disrupted family significantly increases a young adult's risks of experiencing social, emotional or academic difficulties, it does not foreordain such difficulties.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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Zill notes that while coming from a disrupted family significantly increases a young adult's risks of experiencing social, emotional or academic difficulties, it does not foreordain such difficulties.
Dan Quayle Was Right 1993
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Q Some folks on Capitol Hill say that that's the problem, that if the result is foreordain, then that starts the fight, that there will be a floor amendment and you've got an early showdown on this issue --
Dee Dee Myers Press Briefing ITY National Archives 1993
madmouth commented on the word foreordain
we've gotta put up a Best of Weirdnet list.
June 19, 2009
yarb commented on the word foreordain
Erm...
June 19, 2009
madmouth commented on the word foreordain
*THE SHAME*
(if I delete mine, will you delete yours?)
June 19, 2009
yarb commented on the word foreordain
Delete your what? And no I won't. But please do proffer. And now I'll laugh heartily to bed.
June 19, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word foreordain
This is also known as the Weirdnet paradox.
June 19, 2009
mollusque commented on the word foreordain
See every potential wordie list is an existing wordie list.
June 19, 2009