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Predesign

Predesign \Pre`de*sign"\, v. t. To design or purpose beforehand; to predetermine.
--Mitford.

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predesign

vb. (context transitive English) To design beforehand; to predetermine.

Usage examples of "predesign".

Morning sunlight gleamed through the open windows to warm and brighten the room, reflected by predesign from the surfaces of neighboring buildings.

Star Trek and Star Wars novelizations, many of which tell lively and entertaining stories, but which, by predesign and stern publishing decree, do nothing at all to advance the underlying series concept beyond its starting point.

A job was done according to a predesigned plan, so there’s no call for really normal curiosity—no gathering in the street, no excitement, not even a collective postcrisis indignation.

Remember my idea that they weren’t predesigned, they were developed according to what local conditions had become?

Its conclusions derive from the interrogation of Nature, and are not in all cases predesigned to satisfy our wants.