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▪ I. predecree, n. rare.|priːdɪˈkriː|
[pre- A. 2.]
A decree pronounced beforehand.
1831Lytton Godolphin xxvii, Of all supernatural belief, that of being compelled by a predecree,..seems the most fraught at once with abasement and with horror. 1832― Eugene A. iii. vi, The invisible and giant hand..at whose pre-decree we hold the dark boons of life and death.
▪ II. predeˈcree, v. rare.
Also 7 præ-.
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To decree beforehand: to foreordain.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. vi. §1 (1622) 39 All things are prædecreed vnto men by God. a1711Ken Hymns Festiv. Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 374 The Force he of the promis'd Seed Had felt, in Jesus pre-decreed. |