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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. Absolves the just and dooms the guilty souls. --Dryden. 3. To ordain as penalty; hence to mulct or fine. Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. 4. To assess a tax upon by estimate or at discretion. [New England] --J. Pickering. 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of to appoint, as by decree or by fate. A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: doomed adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old sailor he was doomed" 2: (Christianity) in danger of the eternal punishment of hell; "poor damned souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {unredeemed}, {unsaved}] 3: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {ill-fated}, {ill-omened}, {ill-starred}, {unlucky}] 4: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate; "doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {fated}] n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" [syn: {lost}]
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