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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Doom \Doom\ (d[=oo]m), n. [As. d[=o]m; akin to OS. d[=o]m, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. d[=o]mr, Goth. d[=o]ms, Gr. qe`mis law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. [root]65. See {Do}, v. t., and cf. {Deem}, {-dom}.] 1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. [1913 Webster] The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. --J. R. Green. [1913 Webster] Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. [1913 Webster] Ere Hector meets his doom. --Pope. [1913 Webster] And homely household task shall be her doom. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. Ruin; death. [1913 Webster] This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. [1913 Webster] Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New England] --J. Pickering. [1913 Webster] 5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. [1913 Webster] A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: doom 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" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: DOOM Decentralised Object Orientated Machine