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adjective

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as in foreordained

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verb

past tense of preordain
as in destined
to determine the fate of in advance my wife and I are such soulmates, I'm convinced that our marriage was preordained

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“Preordained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preordained. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

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