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predesign, v. Now rare.|priːdɪˈzaɪn|
[f. pre- A. 1 + design v.; cf. late L. prædēsignātus.]
trans. To design, appoint, purpose, or contrive beforehand: see design v. 7, 8, 10.
1671Woodhead St. Teresa i. Pref. 7 Her often iterated apologies..shew neither her Matter nor Method curiously pre-designed. 1688Boyle Final Causes Nat. Things iii. 87 It seems not conceivable, how they should act constantly for ends, they are not capable of predesigning. a1711Ken Hymnotheo Poet. Wks. 1721 III. 166 This with the spotless Soul was pre-design'd For Social Bliss and Cement to mankind.
Hence predeˈsigned ppl. a.
1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. 358 With Consciousness of what She does, and for pre-designed Ends. 1905Blackw. Mag. June 825/2 A deliberate and predesigned attempt to embroil Europe in Russia's Far Eastern trouble. |