Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preordain \Pre`or*dain"\, v. t. [Pref. pre + ordain: cf. L.
   praeordinare.]
   To ordain or appoint beforehand: to predetermine: to
   foreordain. --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

preordain
     v : foreordain or determine beforehand [syn: {predestine}, {foreordain}]