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verb (used with object), pre·de·ter·mined, pre·de·ter·min·ing.
1.
to settle or decide in advance: He had predetermined his answer to the offer.
2.
to ordain in advance; predestine: She believed that God had predetermined her sorrow.
3.
to direct or impel; influence strongly: His sympathy for the poor predetermined his choice of a career.
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predetermine
1625, originally theological, from L.L. prædeterminare (Augustine), from præ + determinare (see determine).
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