单词 | predetermine |
释义 | predeterminev. 1. transitive. To determine or establish (an outcome, course of events, etc.) in advance; to predestine; to decree or decide upon beforehand; to be a predeterminer of or compelling force for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] shapea1000 dightc1000 besee1297 weirda1300 destinec1300 ordainc1390 ettlea1400 destinyc1400 eure1428 fortunec1430 foreordainc1440 order1532 preordain1533 predefine1542 prefine1545 destinate1548 fore-pointa1557 fore-appoint1561 pre-ordinate1565 foreset1573 forepurpose1581 sort1592 predestinate1593 predetermine1601 pre-appoint1603 forecall1613 fatea1616 predesign1630 predeterminate1637 pre-order1640 predestine1642 ordinate1850 foreordinate1858 preset1926 the mind > will > decision > resolve or decide upon [verb (transitive)] to take (in early use (i-)nim) to redeeOE redeOE to take (in early use (i-)nim) redeOE to bring to stallc1275 rewardc1380 perfix1415 determ1423 concludec1430 prefix?1523 resolve1523 affix1524 devise1548 pitch?1567 purpose1574 to resolve with oneself1578 to set down1582 settle1596 determinea1616 decision1877 predetermine1884 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels v. 146 God: who (hauing predetermined the destruction of Phaaroh) did, by this meanes harden his hart. 1622 J. Hagthorpe Diuine Medit. xxv. 49 God with patience sees all this, And suffers vs run on in our owne way, Vntill some time that predetermind is. 1653 Bp. J. Taylor XXV Serm. iii. 38 God..prepared joyes infinite and never ceasing for man before he had created him; but he did not predetermine him to any evil. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 14 Every Man's End being predetermin'd and unalterably before-hand decreed. 1788 A. Hamilton Federalist Papers lxv. 212 To stake his life and his estate upon the verdict of a jury, acting under the auspices of judges who had predetermined his guilt. 1818 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 107 23 The times for making expeditions of discovery in the Icy sea has [sic] generally been predetermined; but it would be more conducive to watch for favorable seasons. 1841–8 F. Myers Catholic Thoughts II. iv. xv. 259 The Gospel was no after-thought, as it were,..but came to pass as God had predetermined. 1884 W. J. Courthope Addison ix. 176 It had evidently been predetermined by the designers of the Spectator that the Club should consist of certain recognised and familiar types. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XI. 608/1 God recognizes the free future acts in His essence, and provides a free decree of His will, which does not predetermine our free will, but only accompanies it. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Apr. 143/2 Two world wars predetermined the henceforth inevitable symbiosis of scientific activity and political decision. 1997 H. H. Tan Foreign Bodies (1998) xx. 188 Once he graduates he's going to be bonded to the national water company for ten years so he's got his future pre-determined. 2. transitive (with infinitive as object). To resolve or decide in advance to do something. Cf. predetermined adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > intend [verb] > intend to do something weenOE willOE thinkOE tightc1300 to be (later also to have it) in purpose1340 tend1340 cast138. reckona1450 aimc1450 willc1450 esteema1533 suspect1629 predeterminea1641 a1641 J. Everard Some Gospel-treasures Opened (1653) 667 What God hath not pre-determined to grant, cannot by prayer be obtained. 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xvi. 43 And so to make sure of both systems, Mrs. Wadman predetermined to light my uncle Toby neither at this end or that. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham IV. xciv. 340 Though she had predetermined to break her engagement, she could not bear the idea of my meeting her wishes more than half way. 1823 F. Clissold Narr. Ascent Mont Blanc 23 I should instantly have proceeded to the summit, had I not predetermined to abide by whatever advice the guides might..give. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. vi. 271 He had almost predetermined to assent to his brother's prayer. 1937 C. W. Elliott Winfield Scott xxxviii. 503 Studying the maps and the reports of travelers and spies at Puebla, Scott had predetermined to use the Chalco-San Agustin route. 1993 O. Ali Crisis in Arabian Gulf vi. 61 The U.S. government had predetermined to destroy Iraqi military potential. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to forwenda1325 tend1560 sway1570 affect1612 to trench on or upon1622 apta1640 predeterminea1667 to go far to1668 to run into ——1753 orient1952 tilt1976 a1667 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. Titus ii. 7 in Wks. (1850) VIII. 520 We are so prepossessed and predetermined to misconstruction by false apostles without, and prevailing passions within. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV 16 The wil predetermined to one act has an habitual indifference or radical flexibilitie to the opposite act. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) II. viii. 576 Those general causes..were predetermining the nation to habits of loyalty and of superstition, which grew to a height fatal to the spirit of liberty. 1868 H. W. Longfellow Endicott i. i, in New Eng. Tragedies 6 The will of man is but an instrument Disposed and predetermined to its action According unto the decree of God. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1601 |
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