foreordain

  • 1Foreordain — Fore or*dain , v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2foreordain — index prearrange, predetermine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3foreordain — [v] doom, fate destinate, destine, foredoom, foreshadow, foretell, prearrange, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, reserve; concept 70 …

    New thesaurus

  • 4foreordain — [fôr΄ôr dān′] vt. to ordain beforehand; predestine foreordination [fôr΄ôrd΄ n ā′shən] n …

    English World dictionary

  • 5foreordain — transitive verb Date: 15th century to dispose or appoint in advance ; predestine • foreordination noun …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 6foreordain — foreordainment, n. /fawr awr dayn , fohr /, v.t. 1. to ordain or appoint beforehand. 2. to predestine; predetermine. [1400 50; late ME forordeinen. See FORE , ORDAIN] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 7foreordain — verb To predestine or preordain …

    Wiktionary

  • 8foreordain — Although this verb, and the noun ‘determination’, are fairly rare in the Bible, the idea they stand for dominates both testaments. In a fairly extreme form it is asserted by Deutero Isaiah: ‘I make well being, and I create disaster’ (NJB, Isa. 45 …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 9foreordain — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. predestine, destine, fate; see predetermine . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To determine the future of in advance: destine, fate, predestinate, predestine, predetermine, preordain. See CERTAIN …

    English dictionary for students

  • 10foreordain — fore·or dain || ‚fÉ”rÉ”rdeɪn /fɔːrɔː v. determine in advance, predestine …

    English contemporary dictionary

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