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—foreordainment, n./fawr'awr dayn", fohr'-/, v.t.1. to ordain or appoint beforehand.2. to predestine; predetermine.[1400-50; late ME forordeinen. See FORE-, ORDAIN]
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Foreordain — Fore or*dain , v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foreordain — index prearrange, predetermine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
foreordain — [v] doom, fate destinate, destine, foredoom, foreshadow, foretell, prearrange, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, reserve; concept 70 … New thesaurus
foreordain — [fôr΄ôr dān′] vt. to ordain beforehand; predestine foreordination [fôr΄ôrd΄ n ā′shən] n … English World dictionary
foreordain — transitive verb Date: 15th century to dispose or appoint in advance ; predestine • foreordination noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
foreordain — verb To predestine or preordain … Wiktionary
foreordain — Although this verb, and the noun ‘determination’, are fairly rare in the Bible, the idea they stand for dominates both testaments. In a fairly extreme form it is asserted by Deutero Isaiah: ‘I make well being, and I create disaster’ (NJB, Isa. 45 … Dictionary of the Bible
foreordain — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. predestine, destine, fate; see predetermine . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To determine the future of in advance: destine, fate, predestinate, predestine, predetermine, preordain. See CERTAIN … English dictionary for students
foreordain — fore·or dain || ‚fÉ”rÉ”rdeɪn /fÉ”ËrÉ”Ë v. determine in advance, predestine … English contemporary dictionary
foreordain — [ˌfɔ:rɔ: deɪn] verb (of God or fate) appoint or decree beforehand. Derivatives foreordination noun … English new terms dictionary
