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doom (d<oomac/m), n. [As. d<omac/m; akin to OS. d<omac/m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d<
| doom | (d<oomac/m), n. [As. d<omac/m; akin to OS. d<omac/m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d<omac/mr, Goth. d<omac/ms, Gr. qe`mis law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. |
| 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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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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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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