Definition of "foreordains" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreordain. (verb)

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• "A democracy of checks and balances does not presuppose a polity of saints, but, rather, foreordains something of a symbiotic relationship between the elected and the electors who elect, and then doggedly watch them."
• "We place the form of this predestination in the internal act itself of God, who foreordains to believers this union with Christ their Head, and a participation in his benefits."
• "God foreknows all things, but foreordains only what He himself brings to pass."