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preordinate

preordinate adjective: preordained.

Adjective

preordinate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) preordained
    • I may resiste agayne celestiall influence preordinate by prouidence diuine1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
  2. Established beforehand; predetermined.
    • preordinate approach
    • preordinate design

Origin of preordinate

From Latin praeordinatus.

Questions about preordinate

What does preordinate mean?
Preordinate means preordained.
What part of speech is preordinate?
Preordinate is an adjective.

Words near preordinate in the dictionary

  1. preordered
  2. preordering
  3. preorders
  4. preordinance
  5. preordinances
  6. preordinate
  7. preordination
  8. preordinations
  9. preorganic
  10. preorganisation
  11. preorganised

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