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predetermined

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pre·de·ter·mine  (prd-tûrmn)
v. pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing, pre·de·ter·mines
v.tr.
1. To determine, decide, or establish in advance: "These factors predetermine to a large extent the outcome" (Jessica Mitford).
2. To influence or sway toward an action or opinion; predispose.
v.intr.
To determine or decide something in advance.

prede·termi·nate (-m-nt) adj.
prede·termi·nation n.
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Adj.1.predetermined - set in advance; "a preset plan of action"; "at a predetermined time"
planned - designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"

predetermined
adjective
1. fated, predestined, preordained, meant, doomed, foreordained, pre-elected, predestinated our predetermined fate
2. prearranged, set, agreed, set up, settled, fixed, cut and dried (informal), preplanned, decided beforehand, arranged in advance The capsules release the drug at a predetermined time.
Translations
predetermined [ˌpriːdɪˈtɜːrmɪnd] adjprédéterminé(e)
predetermined
adj (= prearranged) outcomeverabredet, im Voraus festgelegt; sizevorgegeben; positionvorherbestimmt; for a predetermined periodfür einen vorherbestimmten Zeitabschnitt; at predetermined timeszu (vorher) festgesetzten Zeiten


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There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person predetermined to dislike acknowledge one's superiority.
For Antonia and for me, this had been the road of Destiny; had taken us to those early accidents of fortune which predetermined for us all that we can ever be.
It is but just to remark in favor of the latter description, that as our situation is universally admitted to be peculiarly critical, and to require indispensably that something should be done for our relief, the predetermined patron of what has been actually done may have taken his bias from the weight of these considerations, as well as from considerations of a sinister nature.
 
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