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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOOM, v.t. [L., to esteem, and perhaps with the root of condemn. See Deem.]
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, n.
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.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world] v
1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom, designate]
2: pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison" [syn: sentence, condemn, doom]
3: make certain of the failure or destruction of; "This decision will doom me to lose my position"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English d?m; akin to Old High German tuom condition, state, Old English d?n to do Date: before 12th century 1. a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England 2. a. judgment, decision; especially a judicial condemnation or sentence b. (1) judgment 3a (2) judgment day 1 3. a. destiny; especially unhappy destiny b. death, ruin Synonyms: see fate II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to give judgment against ; condemn 2. a. to fix the fate of ; destine <felt he was doomed to a life of loneliness> b. to make certain the failure or destruction of <the scandal doomed her chances for election>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a a grim fate or destiny. b death or ruin. 2 a a condemnation; a judgement or sentence. b the Last Judgement (the crack of doom). 3 hist. a statute, law, or decree. --v.tr. 1 (usu. foll. by to) condemn or destine (a city doomed to destruction). 2 (esp. as doomed adj.) consign to misfortune or destruction. Etymology: OE dom statute, judgement f. Gmc: rel. to DO(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Doom Doom, n. [As. d?m; akin to OS. d?m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d?mr, Goth. d?ms, Gr. ? law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. ?. See Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom.] 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. --Shak. 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. --Shak. 4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(dooms, dooming, doomed) 1. Doom is a terrible future state or event which you cannot prevent. ...his warnings of impending doom. 2. If you have a sense or feeling of doom, you feel that things are going very badly and are likely to get even worse. Why are people so full of gloom and doom?... N-UNCOUNT 3. If a fact or event dooms someone or something to a particular fate, it makes certain that they are going to suffer in some way. That argument doomed their marriage to failure. = condemn VERB: V n to n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

doom: Occurs only once in the King James Version (2 Esdras 7:43), "The day of doom shall be the end of this time" (the Revised Version (British and American) "the day of judgment"); but the Revised Version (British and American) gives it as the rendering of tsephirah, in Eze 7:7,10 (the King James Version "the morning," the Revised Version, margin "the turn" or "the crowning time"; but the meaning is not yet quite certain); and in 1Co 4:9 (epithanatios, "as men doomed to death," the King James Version "appointed (originally "approved") unto death"). Our word "doom" is connected with the word "deem," and signifies either the act of judging or (far more often) the sentence itself or the condition resulting therefrom (compare "Deemster" of Isle of Man and Jersey). Generally, but not always, an unfavorable judgment is implied. Compare Dryden, Coronation of Charles II, i, 127: "Two kingdoms wait your doom, and, as you choose, This must receive a crown, or that must lose." J. R. Van Pelt

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. 1. Condemn, sentence, pronounce sentence on. 2. Destine, appoint, decree. II. n. 1. Sentence, judgment, condemnation, judicial decree. 2. Fate, destiny, lot, ill fate, ruin.

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