† preˈterminable, a. Obs. rare—1.
[f. pre- A. 3 + terminable, app. in an active sense.
The word may represent a Schol. L. *præterminābilis, f. *prætermināre, rendering Gr. προορίζειν to determine beforehand, f. ὁρίζειν to bound, ὅροι bounds, fines, termini. Cf. predetermine. Mr. C. G. Osgood in his ed. of Pearl illustrates the passage, which refers to Ps. lxii. 12 [lxi. 13], by Albertus Magnus's comment on the same passage, ‘Primo, divinæ voluntatis ordinatio æterna et perfecta’, etc.]
Predetermining, foreordaining.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. A. 595 In sauter is sayd a poynt determynable, Thou quytez uchon as hys desserte, Thou hyȝe kyng ay pretermynable [MS. pertermynable (Gollancz)]. |