PREORDAIN

[verb] [T] [formal] - (esp. of a power thought to be greater than ordinary people) to decide or fix what will happen in a way that cannot be changed or controlledIllness and suffering seemed (to be) preordained to be her lot. [+ object + to infinitive]From the way these men behave, you'd think it was preordained that women could only do certain types of job! [+ object + that clause]The government appears to be preordaining the outcome of the election by promising tax benefits which few voters could resist.His life seems to have followed a preordained path/direction.