v. [f. FORE- pref. + DESTINE v.] trans. To destine beforehand, predestine.

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a. 1300.  Cursor M., 417 (Cott.).

        He fordestend tuin creature
to serue him in þat hali ture.
    Ibid., 25270 (Cott.).
All þat þou has fordestind ar,
To þe kingrike of heuen blis.

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1880.  W. Watson, Prince’s Quest, 105.

        And hither come from worldwide wandering,
Hither where all the folk should hail him king,
Our king foredestined from his mother’s womb?

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