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foreordaining

foreordaining is the present participle and gerund of foreordain.

Meaning of foreordain

Verb

foreordain (third-person singular simple present foreordains, present participle foreordaining, simple past and past participle foreordained)

  1. (transitive) To predestine or preordain.
    • What had Wyrd fore-ordained? Naegling blunted and this time broke into kindling.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 46

Questions about foreordaining

What is foreordaining the present participle and gerund of?
Foreordaining is the present participle and gerund of foreordain.

Words near foreordaining in the dictionary

  1. forensive
  2. foreordain
  3. foreordained
  4. foreordainer
  5. foreordainers
  6. foreordaining
  7. foreordainment
  8. foreordainments
  9. foreordains
  10. foreorder
  11. foreordered

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