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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.
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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.
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absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
--dryden.
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3. to ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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have i tongue to doom my brother's death? --shak.
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4. to assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. new
england --j. pickering.
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5. to destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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a man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
difficulties. --macaulay.
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