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Definition of Preordain
1. Verb. Foreordain or determine beforehand.
Generic synonyms: Predetermine
Specialized synonyms: Jinx
Derivative terms: Foreordination, Predestination, Preordination
Definition of Preordain
1. v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.
Definition of Preordain
1. Verb. To determine the fate of something in advance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preordain
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preordain
Literary usage of Preordain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Whether men love God antecedently to his predestination and their effectual
calling: to preordain and in preordinate different. No assurance granted of the ..."
2. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"viously; to preordain, to -Y.* ... To end, or -ATE. limit, or set or fix the end,
bound, -ATION. or limit, before or previously; to preordain, to predefine. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To PREOCCUPY, (pre-ck'-ku-pi) vo To take previous possession of; to prepossess ;
to occupy by anticipation or prejudices. To preordain, (pre-gr-dane') ». a. ..."
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