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Webster 1913 Edition
Doom
Doom
(doōm)
, Noun.
1.
Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation.
The first
dooms
of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green.
Now against himself he sounds this
doom
. Shakespeare
2.
That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
Ere Hector meets his
doom
. Pope.
And homely household task shall be her
doom
. Dryden.
3.
Ruin; death.
This is the day of
doom
for Bassianus. Shakespeare
4.
Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.
[Obs.]
Syn. – Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.
Doom
,Verb.
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 deathAbsolves 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? Shakespeare
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Doom
DOOM
,Verb.
T.
1.
To judge. [Unusual.]Thou didst not doom so strictly.
2.
To condemn to any punishment; to consign by a decree or sentence; as, the criminal is doomed to chains.3.
To pronounce sentence or judgment on.Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
4.
To command authoritatively.Have I a tongue to doom my brothers death.
5.
To destine; to fix irrevocably the fate or direction of; as, we are doomed to suffer for our sins and errors.6.
To condemn, or to punish by a penalty.DOOM
,Noun.
1.
Judgment; judicial sentence.To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied.
Hence, the final doom is the last judgment.
2.
Condemnation; sentence; decree; determination affecting the fate or future state of another; usually a determination to inflict evil, sometimes otherwise.Revoke that doom of mercy.
3.
That state to which one is doomed, or destined. To suffer misery is the doom of sinners. To toil for subsistence is the doom of most men.4.
Ruin; destruction.From the same foes, at last, both felt their doom.
5.
Discrimination. [Not used.]