predesignate
Americanverb (used with object)
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The scientific course to adopt with propositions predesignate by Most or Few, is to collect statistics and determine the percentage; thus, Few men are wise—say 2 per cent.
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
V. predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand, predesignate.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Suspected cases of illness will be transported safely to predesignated facilities in those cities, Cetron said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2020
Four years later, debate organizers would amend the event’s rules to avoid such an episode, stipulating, “Each candidate may move about in a predesignated area.”
From Time ● Sep. 14, 2016
Britain’s “fire and forget” Brimstone missiles, for example, can distinguish between tanks and cars and buses without human assistance, and can hunt targets in a predesignated region without oversight.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2014
At a pinch – and to be terribly Guardian about it – you can find a subtext on class mobility in there, with Matilda's big opening number about challenging predesignated outcomes.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2013
Adj. prepense†, premeditated &c. v., predesignated, predesigned†; advised, studied, designed, calculated; aforethought; intended &c.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
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