preordain

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: pre=or=dain

CIDE DICTIONARY

preordain, v. t. [Pref. pre + ordain: cf. L. praeordinare.].

 To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

preordain, v.tr. ordain or determine beforehand.

ROGET THESAURUS

preordain

Necessity

VB lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined, in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corne, to be unable to help, destine, doom, foredoom, devote, predestine, preordain, cast a spell, necessitate, compel.

Predetermination

VB predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert, resolve beforehand, predesignate.

Destiny

VB impend, hang over, lie over, threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face, foreordain, preordain, predestine, doom, have in store for.