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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. determine beforehand;

2. cause to be biased;
[syn: bias, predetermine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predetermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Predermining.] [Pref. pre- + determine: cf. F. pr['e]d['e]terminer.] 1. To determine (something) beforehand. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. To doom by previous decree; to foredoom. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Predetermine \Pre`de*ter"mine\, v. i. To determine beforehand. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

predetermine v 1: determine beforehand 2: cause to be biased [syn: bias, predetermine]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

29 Moby Thesaurus words for "predetermine": be predisposed, calculate, destine, determine, fate, forejudge, foreordain, forethink, go off half-cocked, judge beforehand, jump the gun, plan, plot, preconceive, preconclude, preconsider, predecide, predestinate, predestine, preestablish, prejudge, premeditate, preordain, preresolve, presume, presuppose, presurmise, scheme, work out beforehand