Dictionary Entry

ordain

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ɔːˈdeɪn/Used In Literature ↓

To prearrange unalterably.

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Common Phrases

. ordainwomen ordainordain time

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Poetry examples for “ordain”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

-cret cause doea sure Lhose siigos ordain^
Ppreboding princes' falls,, and seldom Tain ;

Levins's Manipulus Vocabu- verb to will = to ordain,

Bacchus, ever fair and young,
Drinking joys did first ordain;
Bacchus' blessings are a treasure,

Bacchus, ever fair and young,
Drinking joys did first ordain;
Bacchus' blessings are a treasure,

Bacchus, ever fair and young,
Drinking joys did first ordain;
Bacchus' blessings are a treasure,

'Twas beyond parley when the siege was laid.
The extremest ways they first ordain,
Prescribing such intolerable pain,

Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd;
For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!

Our heart, and have our lips unchain'd;
For that which seals them hath been deep-ordain'd!

Where prostrate error hails the rising sun?
Do not our tyrant lords this day ordain
For superstitious rites and mirth profane?

Where prostrate Error hails the rising sun?
Do not our tyrant lords this day ordain
For superstitious rites and mirth profane?