English-Thai Dictionary

preordain

VT บวช ก่อน  foreordain predetermine bud-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREORDAIN

v.t.[pre and ordain. ] To ordain or appoint beforehand; to predetermine. All things are supposed to be preordained by God.

 

PREORDAINED

pp. Antecedently ordained or determined.

 

PREORDAINING

ppr. Ordaining beforehand.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREORDAIN

Pre `or *dain ", v. t. Etym: [Pref. pre + ordain: cf. L. praeordinare.]

 

Defn: To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain. Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

preordain

pre or dain |ˌprēôrˈdān ˌpriɔrˈdeɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be preordained ) decide or determine (an outcome or course of action ) beforehand: you might think the company's success was preordained | (as adj. preordained ) : a divinely preordained plan of creation.

 

Oxford Dictionary

preordain

pre |or ¦dain |ˌpriːɔːˈdeɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] decide or determine (an outcome or course of action ) beforehand: you might think the company's success was preordained | (as adj. preordained ) : a divinely preordained plan of creation.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

preordain

preordain verb he believes that everything we do is preordained: predestine, destine, foreordain, ordain, fate, predetermine, determine.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

preordain

preordain verb he believes that everything we do is preordained: predestine, destine, foreordain, ordain, fate, doom, foredoom, predetermine, determine, mark out, prescribe.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

preordain

pre or dain /prìːɔː r déɪn /動詞 ｟かたく ｠他動詞 …の運命を定める ; …を予定する ; 〖通例be ～ed 〗 «…することに /…ということに » あらかじめ決められて [定められて ]いる «to do /that 節 » .