单词 | preordained |
释义 | preordainedadj. That has been ordained or appointed beforehand; predestined, predetermined. ΘΚΠ 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 foreordinated1858 predesignated1883 predestinatory1893 preset1926 predefined1929 predestine1962 bashert1963 ?1580 S. Batman New Arival Three Gracis sig. Avv Being retornid to their former, or preordayned course. 1602 tr. B. Guarini Pastor Fido ii. ii. l. 49 Ah leaue these does that runne so fast away, Take hold of me thy preordained pray. 1643 G. Wither Campo-Musæ in Misc. Wks. (1872–7) i. 25 The time foretold appeares To be, a pre-ordained limitation. 1701 A. d'Andilly tr. F. Josephus Wks. viii. x. 232 That God's preordained Will might be fulfilled. 1754 T. Delafaye Vindic. Serm. entitled Inoculation Indefensible Pract. ii. ii. 111 The præordained constitution and chain of events. 1838 New Monthly Mag. 52 52 They seem to be destinarians—to have a dull apprehension that everything moves on its preordained course. 1855 B. Powell Ess. 479 Imagined interruptions of pre-ordained order for the introduction of new forms of life. 1900 Polit. Sci. Q. 15 613 There was a preordained natural harmony in the universe. 1976 K. Clark Landscape into Art (new ed.) iv. 124 If we study them with something of the patience which went to their composition, we gradually come to inhabit a world of pre-ordained harmony. 1995 Sydney Morning Herald 21 Apr. 19/1 There's a ritualistic aspect to musicals: the formal demands are precise, along with the preordained response. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1580 |
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