preordain
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pre·or·dain
(prē'ôr-dān') 
tr.v., -dained, -dain·ing, -dains.
To appoint, decree, or ordain in advance; foreordain.
preordainment pre'or·dain'ment n.
preordination pre·or'di·na'tion (-ôr'dn-ā'shən) n.
tr.v., -dained, -dain·ing, -dains.
To appoint, decree, or ordain in advance; foreordain.
preordainment pre'or·dain'ment n.
preordination pre·or'di·na'tion (-ôr'dn-ā'shən) n.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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preordain
verb
- To determine the future of in advance: destine, fate, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, predetermine. See certain/uncertain.
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Preordain
Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudse
Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbeschikken, van te voren bepalen
Français (French)
v. tr. - prescrire d'avance, (Relig, Philos) prédestiner, préétablir
Deutsch (German)
v. - vorherbestimmen
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προκαθορίζω, προαλείφω
Italiano (Italian)
predeterminare, preordinare, prestabilire
Português (Portuguese)
v. - pré-ordenar
Русский (Russian)
предписывать, предопределять
Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - predeterminar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - på förhand bestämma
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
预定, 预先注定命运
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預定, 預先注定命運
日本語 (Japanese)
v. - あらかじめ定める, 予定する
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) يقضي, يقدر
עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - חרץ מראש, הועיד מראש, גזר
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