Foreordain or determine beforehand.

synonyms: foreordain, predestine.

Roget 152: impend; hang over, lie over; threaten, loom, await, come on, approach, stare one in the face; foreordain, preordain; predestine, doom, have in store for.    ... show more

Roget 601: lie under a necessity; befated^†, be doomed, be destined &c., in for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one's fate etc. n.. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help.    destine, doom, foredoom, devote; predestine, preordain; cast a spell etc. 992; necessitate; compel etc. 744.    ... show more

Roget 611: predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert; resolve beforehand, predesignate.