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Verb: foreordain  ,for-or'deyn
  1. Determine future events beforehand
    "God does not foreordain a transgression";
    - predestine, preordain
     
  2. (theology) foreordain by divine will or decree
    "Some believe that God has foreordained certain souls for salvation";
    - predestine, predestinate

Derived forms: foreordained, foreordaining, foreordains

Type of: predetermine