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  • 51predestine — verb /preˈdɛstɪn/ a) To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain. b) To foreordain by divine will. See Also: destine …

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  • 52fate — 1. noun /feɪt/ a) The cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. Accept your fate. b) The effect, consequence, outcome, or …

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  • 53prearrange — I verb agree to beforehand, arrange beforehand, arrange in advance, concoct, consider beforehand, ensure a result, forearm, foreordain, lay down a plan, map out, plan, plot, preconcert, precontrive, predesign, predestinate, predestine,… …

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  • 54predetermine — I verb agree beforehand, be biased, be influenced, be jaundiced, be prejudiced, be prepossessed, be swayed, contrive a result, decide beforehand, decide in advance, destinate, destine, determine beforehand, determine in advance, doom, fate,… …

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  • 55destine — Synonyms and related words: aim, aim at, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to, aspire after, aspire to, assign, assign to, be after, design, designate, desire, destinate, detail, determine, devote, doom, drive at, earmark, fate, foredoom,… …

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  • 56determine — Synonyms and related words: abort, act on, actuate, adjudge, advance, affect, afford proof of, aim, aim at, arbitrate, ascertain, aspire after, aspire to, assign, assure, be after, be informed, become acquainted with, bend, bias, bound, bring,… …

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  • 57predetermine — Synonyms and related words: be predisposed, calculate, destine, determine, fate, forejudge, foreordain, forethink, go off half cocked, judge beforehand, jump the gun, plan, plot, preconceive, preconclude, preconsider, predecide, predestinate,… …

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  • 58destiny — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Fate Nouns 1. destiny, future state, next world, world to come (see futurity). 2. fate, kismet, God s will, act of God, the will of God or Allah; Karma; doom, determinism, fatalism, predestination,… …

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  • 59fate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. destiny, lot, fortune, doom, predestination, chance. See necessity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The predetermined course of events] Syn. destiny, fortune, destination, luck, predetermination,… …

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  • 60ordain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. install, appoint, invest, frock; decree, [pre]destine. See clergy, commission. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To establish] Syn. install, institute, appoint; see enact . 2. [To destine] Syn. determine,… …

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