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foredetermine

verb

Etymology

From fore- + determine.

  1. derived from determino — “to bound, limit, prescribe, fix, determine”
  2. derived from determiner
  3. inherited from determinen
  4. formed as foredetermine — “fore- + determine”

Definitions

  1. To determine beforehand

    To determine beforehand; predetermine.

    • The relations of life act as bribes to bias his judgment and foredetermine his verdict.
    • This is not to say that one has access to an eternal blueprint or that one is merely going along with some foredetermined cosmic plan.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA