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Doom \Doom\ (d[=oo]m), n. [As. d[=o]m; akin to OS. d[=o]m, OHG.
tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d[=o]mr, Goth. d[=o]ms, Gr.
qe`mis law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. [root]65. See {Do},
v. t., and cf. {Deem}, {-dom}.]
1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
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The first dooms of London provide especially the
recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. --J.
R. Green.
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Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak.
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2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate,
esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
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Ere Hector meets his doom. --Pope.
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And homely household task shall be her doom.
--Dryden.
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3. Ruin; death.
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This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak.
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4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination;
discernment; decision. [Obs.]
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And there he learned of things and haps to come,
To give foreknowledge true, and certain doom.
--Fairfax.

Syn: Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot;
ruin; destruction.
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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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