Dictionary entry

Doom (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Doom, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Doomed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dooming.] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. 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. 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.