Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ordain
Participle: ordained
Gerund: ordaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | ordain |
| you | ordain |
| he;she;it | ordains |
| we | ordain |
| you | ordain |
| they | ordain |
Perfect
| I | have ordained |
| you | have ordained |
| he;she;it | has ordained |
| we | have ordained |
| you | have ordained |
| they | have ordained |
Past
| I | ordained |
| you | ordained |
| he;she;it | ordained |
| we | ordained |
| you | ordained |
| they | ordained |
Pluperfect
| I | had ordained |
| you | had ordained |
| he;she;it | had ordained |
| we | had ordained |
| you | had ordained |
| they | had ordained |
Future
| I | will ordain |
| you | will ordain |
| he;she;it | will ordain |
| we | will ordain |
| you | will ordain |
| they | will ordain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ordained |
| you | will have ordained |
| he;she;it | will have ordained |
| we | will have ordained |
| you | will have ordained |
| they | will have ordained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ordain |
| you | ordain |
| he;she;it | ordain |
| we | ordain |
| you | ordain |
| they | ordain |
Perfect
| I | have ordained |
| you | have ordained |
| he;she;it | have ordained |
| we | have ordained |
| you | have ordained |
| they | have ordained |
Imperfect
| I | ordained |
| you | ordained |
| he;she;it | ordained |
| we | ordained |
| you | ordained |
| they | ordained |
Pluperfect
| I | had ordained |
| you | had ordained |
| he;she;it | had ordained |
| we | had ordained |
| you | had ordained |
| they | had ordained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ordain |
| you | would ordain |
| he;she;it | would ordain |
| we | would ordain |
| you | would ordain |
| they | would ordain |
Perfect
| I | would have ordained |
| you | would have ordained |
| he;she;it | would have ordained |
| we | would have ordained |
| you | would have ordained |
| they | would have ordained |
Imperative
| you | ordain |
| we | Let's ordain |
| you | ordain |
Verbs conjugated like 'ordain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ordain'
brain,
coordain,
drain,
grain,
obtain,
organ,
rain,
reordain,
train,
admin,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- appoint
- install, call, institute, destine, establish, elect, nominate, select
- decree
- dictate, foreordain, command, determine, enact, order, prescribe
- destine
- intend, fate, predestine, predetermine
- install
- commission, constitute, consecrate, appoint, frock, delegate, invest, bless
Antonyms
- appoint
- dismiss, remove, recall, nullify
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1290, "to appoint or admit to the ministry of the Church," from stem of O.Fr.
ordener, from L.
ordinare "put in order, arrange, dispose, appoint," from
ordo (gen.
ordinis) "order." The notion is "to confer holy orders upon" (see order). Meaning "to decree, enact" is from 1297; sense of "to set (something) that will continue in a certain order" is from c.1315.
2. From Middle English ordeynen, from Old French ordiner, from Latin ordinare (“to order”), from ordo (“order”). Doublet of ordinate. See: Latin '
ordinare'.
Sample Sentences
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What if the Foot, ordain'd the duſt to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aſpir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To ſerve mere Engines to the ruling Mind? [1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: […] J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 15, lines 248–251:]
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On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting. [1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:]