preappoint, v.
(priːəˈpɔɪnt)
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. To appoint beforehand or previously.
| 1633 Bp. Hall Hard Texts, N.T. 179 Those did he preappoint and predestinate to be conformable to the image of his Son. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 591 By a long series of causes pre-appointed for that purpose. 1866 Carlyle E. Irving 131, I remember our..visit preappointed for us by Irving. |
Hence preaˈppointed ppl. a.; preaˈppointment, previous appointment, fore-ordination.
| a 1618 Sylvester Sonn. Mirac. Peace ix, They both attain By war-like broyls their pre-appointed Reigne. 1654 H. L'Estrange Chas. I (1655) 182 April the 13. the Parliament sate according to preappointment. 1827 Carlyle Misc. (1857) I. 33 Whom wealth could not tempt..from their preappointed aims. 1850 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Holy Baptism 147 It is otherwise when we pass from the region of foreknowledge to that of pre-appointment. |