foreˈdestine, v.
[f. fore- prefix + destine v.]
trans. To destine beforehand, predestine.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 417 (Cott.) He fordestend tuin creature to serue him in þat hali ture. Ibid. 25270 (Cott.) All þat þou has fordestind ar, to þe kingrike of heuen blis. 1880 W. Watson Prince's Quest (1892) 105 Our king foredestined from his mother's womb. |