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Foreordain definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOREORDA'IN, v.t To ordain or appoint before; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: foreordain by divine will or decree [syn: predestine, predestinate, foreordain]
2: foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: predestine, foreordain, preordain]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 15th century to dispose or appoint in advance ; predestine • foreordination noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. predestinate; ordain beforehand. Derivatives: foreordination n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Foreordain Fore`or*dain", v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. --Hooker.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. Predestinate, predetermine, preordain, foredoom.