To decide or establish something in advance; to determine the outcome before it occurs.
From 'fore-' + 'determine' from Latin 'de-' (completely) + 'terminare' (to set bounds). The prefix adds prior or advance sense.
Medieval scholars loved debating whether God's foredetermination of events meant humans couldn't have free will—it was so controversial that Pope Paul V actually silenced debates about it in 1607.
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