Predefine
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To define or limit beforehand; set a limit to previously; predetermine.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To define beforehand.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adverb.
defined
in advance
verb.
To
define
in advance
Word Usage
"This suggests an obvious point, but always an important one: The idea of "quality-based" layoffs sounds great in an editorial, but, in practice, measuring "quality" is tenuous even when you predefine it e.g., in terms of value-added."
verb-form
predefined