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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1498-1623
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Preordinat(e, p.p. and ppl. adj. [Late ME preordynaat (Lydgate), -inate (c 1470), L. præordināt-us, p.p. of præordināre = Preordinate,v.] Arranged, appointed or ordained beforehand; pre-ordained, predestined.a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 863 (Asl.).
As be gud ordor God has preordinat 1530 Lynd. Test. Pap. 275.
Halkyng, hountyng, armes … Preordinat ar, be God, for thy plesour 1530 Ib. 683.
So be the Pope it is preordinate That spirituall men suld leue vpon thair teind c1552 Id. Mon. 5938.
Ressaue ȝour possessioun, Quhilk bene for ȝow preordinat Affore the warld wes first creat c1552 Ib. 3725. a1561 Norvell Meroure 17 b.
Syn suddanlie, the cloud preordinat, With fyres of ioye, full fair illuminat a1585 Maitland Quarto MS lxii 107.
I wait ȝe wer thairto preordinat Not be ane chance bot fatall destanie 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 124/42.
The rewarde Preordinate for them that victor war 1604 Reg. Privy C. VI 596.
The inheritance of this crowne, preordinat be his goode providence to fall to us in his dew tyme