predesign

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ design.

Verb

predesign (third-person singular simple present predesigns, present participle predesigning, simple past and past participle predesigned)

1. (transitive) To design beforehand; to predetermine.
   • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:

     Tranquillity insued among the people ; and the cart , predesigned by heaven to bring a king, the author of so much good , was , with its appendages , dedicated to the god , and placed in the citadel , where it was carefully preserved

References

• “predesign”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.