foreordain

foreordain
/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 /fɔːrɔː 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

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