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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
doom \doom\, v. t. imp.  p. p. doomed; p. pr.  vb. n.
   dooming.
   1. to judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. obs.
      --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
      consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
      criminal doomed to chains or death.
      1913 webster

            absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
      1913 webster

            have i tongue to doom my brother's death? --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. to assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. new
      england --j. pickering.
      1913 webster

   5. to destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
      appoint, as by decree or by fate.
      1913 webster

            a man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
            difficulties.                         --macaulay.
      1913 webster
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