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ordain
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of ORDAIN
1
to determine the fate of in advance <he is stoic in the face of adversity, bolstered by his faith that everything in life has been ordained by a higher power>
Related Words predestinate; augur, forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy; preconceive, prejudge; condemn, sentence; bode, forebode (also forbode), portend; anticipate, divine, foreknow, foresee
2
to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority <a new bill that would ordain the funding of public schools through state lottery revenues>
3
to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action <the founders of the African republic ordained a form of government that was closely modeled on that of the United States>
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