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Predetermine

To determine (something) beforehand.

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Angle 76% connected

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

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Foreordain 76% connected

To ordain or appoint beforehand; to preordain; to predestinate; to predetermine.

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Predestinate 76% connected

Predestinated; foreordained; fated.

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Predestine 76% connected

To decree beforehand; to foreordain; to predestinate.

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Preordain 76% connected

To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to foreordain.

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Slant 76% connected

To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Mold 76% connected

A spot; a blemish; a mole.

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Mould 76% connected

Crumbling, soft, friable earth; esp., earth containing the remains or constituents of organic matter, and suited to the growth of plants; soil.

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Prejudice 76% connected

Foresight.

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Prepossess 76% connected

To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of.

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Regulate 76% connected

To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws.

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Shape 76% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

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Predetermination 74% connected

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

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Predetermination 74% connected

The act of previous determination; a purpose formed beforehand; as, the predetermination of God's will.

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Preordination 74% connected

The act of foreordaining: previous determination.

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Preordination 74% connected

The act of foreordaining: previous determination.

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Bias 92% connected

A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

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