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preordain
(pre|or¦dain)
Pronunciation:
/ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪn/
verb
[
with object
]
decide or determine (an outcome or course of action) beforehand:
you might think the company’s success was preordained
(as adjective
preordained
)
a divinely preordained plan of creation
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