preordain

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preordain

verb preordains · preordaining · preordained

transitive To determine the fate of something in advance. A child! If here the heart turns sick with rath To see a little one from birth defiled, Or lame or blind, as preordained to languish Through youthless life
Similar: foreordain, predestine, predetermine

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verb To determine the fate of something in advance

Русский	предопределять predopredeljatʹ
Tiếng Việt	định trước, sắp đặt, an bài

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@misc{preordain_2026,
  title = {preordain},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preordain},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}