preordaining

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To determine the fate of something in advance.
   • 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 life1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night

   Synonyms:

   foreordain, predestine, predetermine