FOREORDAIN

predestine, foreordain, preordain

(verb) foreordain or determine beforehand

predestine, predestinate, foreordain

(verb) foreordain by divine will or decree

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

foreordain (third-person singular simple present foreordains, present participle foreordaining, simple past and past participle foreordained)

(transitive) To predestine or preordain.

Source: Wiktionary


Fore`or*dain", v. t.

Definition: To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine. Hooker.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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