predefinedadj.
/ˌpriːdᵻˈfʌɪnd/, U.S. /ˌpridəˈfaɪnd/ Defined, established, or prescribed beforehand; predetermined.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fated or predestined
born1357
destinablec1374
destinalc1374
fatalc1374
predestinatec1384
foreordainedc1420
ordinate?a1425
destiny?1473
preordinatea1475
prefinitec1475
pointed1523
predestined1545
determined1546
ordinated1562
predestinated1571
preordained?1580
fore-appointeda1586
predeterminate1601
predetermined1601
destinated1604
destinate1605
destined1609
predesigned1668
predefinite1678
cut and dry1710
fated1715
weirded1820
laid-down1839
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predesignated1883
predestinatory1893
preset1926
predefined1929
predestine1962
bashert1963
?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Nviv What can be more perfyght and gloryouse than hys prediffyned purposes? The lawes of God are vndefyled.
1548 G. Joye tr. A. Osiander Coniectures Ende of Worlde i. sig. Aviv Christ was in so certain a prediffined tyme promised to vs & them.
1836 G. S. Faber Primitive Doctr. Election ii. viii. 357 The number of the predestinated is predefined and certain.
1888 Mind 13 532 That a certain substance is arsenic is proved by the coincidence of its reactions with certain predefined reactions characteristic of arsenic.
1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iv. 124 But these philosophers..used the abstracted terms whereby they had pre-defined distinctions.
1972 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 82 310 There are only four known interactions..and..all our knowledge of the universe comes from the analysis of these interactions under certain predefined conditions.
2005 Observer (Nexis) 25 Sept. 77 Greig has carved herself a niche playing quirky single women who don't fit in any predefined category.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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