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单词 preordain
释义

preordainv.

Brit. /ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪn/, U.S. /ˌpriɔrˈdeɪn/
Forms: 1500s prëordaine, 1500s preordayne, 1500s–1600s praeordaine, 1500s–1600s preordaine, 1600s– preordain; also Scottish pre-1700 preordine, pre-1700 preordone.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a Latin lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pre- prefix, ordain v.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + ordain v., probably after either post-classical Latin praeordinare pre-ordinate v. or Middle French preordener, preordiner (late 15th cent. or earlier; French †préordiner ), Middle French preordonner (1412; French préordonner (now rare, perhaps obsolete)). Compare Spanish preordenar (early 15th cent. or earlier; also †preordinar ), Italian preordinare (a1342). Compare later pre-ordinate v.
transitive. To ordain or appoint beforehand ; to decide or determine (an outcome, course of events, etc.) in advance, esp. by divine will or fate; to predestine, predetermine. Frequently in passive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)]
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preset1926
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 68 Quhen ye time is cum preordinit be God.
1576 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 102/2 No aduersitie or perturbation happeneth..which his prouident wisedome dooth not foresee before and preordaine.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Acts xxii. 15 [14] The God of our fathers hath prëordained thee, that thou shouldest know his wil.
1655 R. Fanshawe tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad iii. 60 Just Nemesis should pre-ordain Thy Father-in-Law to triumph over Thee.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd i. 127 Unweeting he fulfill'd The purpos'd Counsel pre-ordain'd and fixt Of the most High. View more context for this quotation
1707 G. Farquhar Beaux Stratagem v. 60 The now conscious Stars have preordain'd this Moment for my Happiness.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iii. 372 This day is preordain'd the last.
1830 J. Neal Authorship iv. 40 I had now come to the place where I was pre-ordained to meet her that I was in search of.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 295 Having preordained the question to be put to the people.
1894 C. H. H. Parry Stud. Great Composers: Schubert 226 In Italian works, the form was, as it were, pre-ordained.
1920 Young Judaean Nov. 86/2 How that dreidle hated to fall and give up its precious secret, but since the creation of the world it is preordained that driedlach must fall.
1973 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 11 Dec. 9/2 There will be a decline in economic activity... Existing ingredients in the economy preordain this.
1991 Reason Aug. 12/2 The logical weaknesses of both sides was preordained by the fateful constitutional compromise of 1787.

Derivatives

preorˈdainer n. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > [noun] > as creator of destiny
destinourc1400
destinator1579
predestinator1600
preordainer1616
1616 T. Adams Sacrifice of Thankefulnesse 14 God willing to haue the prediction fulfilled, dispensing and disposing all things, is brought in as the preordainer of Iacobs lie, that I say not the Patron.
1890 J. Martineau Seat Authority Relig. iv. iii. 480 The preordainer of the whole world-scheme through its series of ages.
preorˈdainment n. pre-ordination.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > predestination
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foreordaining1667
preordainmenta1847
pre-appointment1850
pre-election1860
foreordainment1879
providentialism1927
a1847 G. Aguilar Women of Israel (1872) I. i. iii. 106 Rebekah had equal power to ‘wait for the Lord’ as to urge her son to deception. That she chose the latter was human frailty, no pre-ordainment.
1997 Winterthur Portfolio 32 59/1 The biblical parallel expresses a sense of preordainment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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