preordain

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ ordain

Verb

preordain (third-person singular simple present preordains, present participle preordaining, simple past and past participle preordained)

(transitive) To determine the fate of something in advance.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night
  A child! If here the heart turns sick with rath
  To see a little one from birth defiled,
  Or lame or blind, as preordained to languish
  Through youthless life

Synonyms

foreordain
predestine
predetermine

Translations

To determine the fate of something in advance

Bulgarian: предопределям (bg) (predopredeljam)

Russian: предопределять (ru) (predopredeljatʹ)