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Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section I. Volition in General
1. Acts of Volition

611. Predetermination.

   NOUN:PREDETERMINATION, predestination, preordination, premeditation, predeliberation; foregone conclusion; parti pris [F.]; resolve, propendency [obs.]; intention [See Intention]; project [See Plan]; fate, foredoom, necessity.
  SCHEDULE, list, calendar, docket [U. S.], slate [pol. cant, U. S.], register, roster, poll, muster, draft, cadre [F.], panel.
   VERB:PREDETERMINE, predestine, preordain, premeditate, preresolve, preconcert; resolve beforehand.
  LIST, schedule, docket [U. S.], slate [U. S.], register, poll, empanel, draft.
   ADJECTIVE:PREMEDITATED &c. v.; predesigned; prepense, advised, studied, designed, calculated; aforethought; intended [See Intention]; foregone.
  WELL-LAID, well-devised, well-weighed; maturely considered; cut-and-dried, slated [pol. cant, U. S.]; cunning.
   ADVERB:ADVISEDLY &c. adj.; with premeditation, deliberately, all things considered, with eyes open, in cold blood; intentionally [See Intention].
   QUOTATION:With Earth’s first Clay They did the Last Man knead.—Omar Khayyám—Fitzgerald