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foreordain, v.|ˌfɔərɔːˈdeɪn|
[f. fore- prefix + ordain.]
trans. To ordain or appoint beforehand; to predestinate.
c1440Partonope 3155 The fayrest shapen creature That euer was foordened thorow nature. [But is this a mistake for foddened?] 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 302 Some to be foreordeined to saluation, other some to destruction. 1611Bible 1 Pet. i. 20 Who verily was foreordeined before the foundation of the world. 1647Westm. Conf. Faith iii. §3 Others foreordained to everlasting death. 1736–1879 [see below].
Hence ˌforeorˈdained ppl. a.; ˌforeorˈdaining vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also ˌforeorˈdainment, predestination.
c1420Wyclif's Mark Prol., The for-ordenede John Zakaries sone. 1667Bp. S. Parker Free & Impart. Cens. 236 His foreordaining him to that employment. 1736Butler Anal. ii. iv. Wks. 1874 I. 200 According to general fore-ordained laws. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel v. 250 God's foreordaining love. 1879Maclear Mark i. 15 note, The great fore-ordained and predicted time of the Messiah. 1879Farrar St. Paul II. 492 The foreordainment, and the result of this Gospel in uniting the Jew and Gentile. |