predecreen.
/ˌpriːdᵻˈkriː/, U.S. /ˌpridəˈkri/ rare.
A decree pronounced beforehand.
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1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram II. iii. xiv. 139 The invisible and giant hand..at whose pre-decree we hold the dark boon of life and death.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin II. ii. 41 Of all supernatural belief, that of being compelled by a pre-decree,..seems the most fraught at once with abasement and with horror.
1996 Purification through Tawheed in soc.culture.somalia (Usenet newsgroup) 7 Oct. It also affirms the all-embracing nature of His Predestination and Pre-Decree and His wisdom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
predecreev.
/ˌpriːdᵻˈkriː/, U.S. /ˌpridəˈkri/ rare after early 18th cent.
transitive. To decree beforehand, to foreordain.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [verb (transitive)] > foreordain
ordaina1400
predestinate?c1450
predecree1604
1604 A. Craig Poet. Ess. sig. C1v Eliza faire is gone, into the land of rest, To that Elisium predecried and promis'd to the blest.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vi. §1. 39 All things are prædecreed vnto men by God.
1664 J. Wilson Cheats ii. i. 16 I'll set him right again—unless the Stars..Have predecree'd the contrary.
a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 374 The Force he of the promis'd Seed Had felt, in Jesus pre-decreed.
1996 Belief in Hereafter in soc.culture.somalia (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Oct. Allah has predecreed a term for each individual, and a term for the life of this world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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