foreordain

  • 71preordain — v. a. Predetermine, pre establish, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand …

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  • 72destine — v 1. design, intend, purpose, mean, resolve, determine, set; designate, dedicate, allot, Obs. appoint; mark, earmark, tag, set apart or aside; consecrate, devote; reserve, Brit. bespeak; plan, project. 2. fate, ordain, doom, Rare. destinate;… …

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  • 73doom — n 1.(all usu. of an adverse nature) fate, fortune, destiny, lot, cup, portion, die, Archaic. foredoom, Chiefly Scot. weird, Brit. Inf. cup of tea; karma, kismet, Obs. destin. 2. ruin, ruination, rack and ruin, destruction, dissolution, extinction …

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  • 74fate — n 1. fortune, lot, cup, portion, die, doom, Archaic. foredoom, Chiefly Scot. weird, Brit. Inf. cup of tea, writing on the wall; destiny, karma, kismet, predetermination, predestination, God s will, Fortune s wheel, wheel of fortune, whatever… …

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  • 75ordain — v 1. frock; induct, install, inaugurate, swear in, administer the oath of office, instate, Rare. auspicate; invest, chair, establish in office; crown, enthrone; consecrate, anoint. 2. enact, make into law, legislate, pass into law, establish, set …

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  • 76predestinate — v 1.Theology, (all by divine decree or purpose) fate, ordain, doom, Rare. destinate; predetermine, predestine, preordain, foreordain, fore ordinate, foredoom, predecide, preelect, Inf. have in store for. adj 2. ordained, doomed, destined, fated,… …

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  • 77preordain — v 1. predetermine, predestine, Obs. predestinate, foreordain, foreordinate, predecide, pre elect, preestablish, foredoom, Inf. have in store for; fate, ordain, doom, destine, Rare. destinate. 2. designate, dedicate, allot, Obs. appoint; mark,… …

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  • 78project — n 1. plan, scheme, design, prospectus; proposal, purpose, intent, hope, desire, aspiration; intention, ambition, resolution, determination, mind; calculation, figuring, planning, strategy; contemplation, conception, idea, cogitation; aim, end,… …

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  • 79destine — des•tine [[t]ˈdɛs tɪn[/t]] v. t. tined, tin•ing 1) to set apart for a particular use, purpose, etc.; intend 2) to appoint or ordain beforehand; foreordain; predetermine • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME < OF destiner < L dēstināre to establish,… …

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  • 80predestine — pre•des•tine [[t]prɪˈdɛs tɪn[/t]] v. t. tined, tin•ing to destine in advance; foreordain; predetermine • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L praedestināre. See pre , destine pre•des′ti•na•ble, adj …

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