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Webster 1913 Edition


Foreordain

Foreˊor-dain′

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Verb.
T.
To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.
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Webster 1828 Edition


Foreordain

FOREORDA'IN

, v.t To ordain or appoint before; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

Definition 2024


foreordain

foreordain

English

Verb

foreordain (third-person singular simple present foreordains, present participle foreordaining, simple past and past participle foreordained)

  1. (transitive) To predestine or preordain.
    • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 308:
      God has made the decision before all time, so some are foreordained to be saved through grace – a predestined group of the elect.