fore- + ordain.
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to determine (events, results, etc) in the future (8 of 267 words, pronunciation)
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to dispose or appoint in advance; "predestine" (7 of 77 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
(of God or fate) appoint or decree (something) beforehand (9 of 35 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)
To predestine or preordain. (4 of 21 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
To determine or appoint beforehand; predestine. (6 of 18 words, pronunciations)
to ordain or appoint beforehand. | to predestine; predetermine. (8 of 16 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
to ordain beforehand; predestine (4 of 12 words, pronunciations)
to arrange or determine an event in advance of its happening (11 of 46 words, pronunciations)
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Origin: fore- + ordain.
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Origin: Middle English, from Old English fōre-, from Proto-Germanic *fura-, *furai- ("before, in front of, for"), from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *pr- ("before, formerly; through, throughout"). Akin to Old Saxon and Old... (29 of 38 etymology words)
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Origin: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ordinare ("to order"), from ordo ("order").
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