Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-DE-TERM'INE
PRE-DE-TERM-IN-A'TIONPRE-DE-TERM'IN-ED
PRE-DE-TERM'INE, v.t. [pre and determine.]
- To determine beforehand; to settle in purpose or counsel. If God foresees events, he must have predetermined them. – Hale.
- To doom by previous decree.
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