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41foreordainment — See foreordain. * * * …
42qsm — West Semitic, to divide, distribute, assign, ordain, practice divination; noun *qasm , *qism , divination. kismet, from Arabic qisma, portion, lot, destiny, fate, from qasama, to divide, distribute, assign, foreordain. * * * …
43destine — /des tin/, v.t., destined, destining. 1. to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; design; intend. 2. to appoint or ordain beforehand, as by divine decree; foreordain; predetermine. [1250 1300; ME destinen < OF destiner < L destinare to… …
44fate — /fayt/, n., v., fated, fating. n. 1. something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind. 2. the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the… …
45foreordinate — /fawr awr dn ayt , fohr /, v.t., foreordinated, foreordinating. foreordain. [1855 60; back formation from FOREORDINATION] * * * …
46mean — mean1 /meen/, v., meant, meaning. v.t. 1. to have in mind as one s purpose or intention; intend: I meant to compliment you on your work. 2. to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. 3. to intend to… …
47predestine — predestinable, adj. /pri des tin/, v.t., predestined, predestining. to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine: He seemed predestined for the ministry. [1350 1400; ME predestinen < L praedestinare. See PRE , DESTINE] * * * …
48preordain — preordination /pree awr dn ay sheuhn/, n. /pree awr dayn /, v.t. to ordain beforehand; foreordain. [1525 35; PRE + ORDAIN] * * * …
49Predestination — • Those divine decrees which have reference to the supernatural end of rational beings, especially of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Predestination Predestination …
50preordain — verb To determine the fate of something in advance A child! If here the heart turns sick with ruth Syn: foreordain, predestine, predetermine …
