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1 definition 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.
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