preordain

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To determine the fate of something in advance. transitive
    — 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 life

词形变化

preordains present,singular,third-person preordaining participle,present preordained participle,past preordained past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English ordain
English preordain
From pre- + ordain.
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