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doomn.

Brit. /duːm/, U.S. /dum/
Forms: Old English dóm, Middle English dom, Middle English–1600s dome, Middle English–1600s doome, (Middle English dum, Scottish dowme, Middle English Scottish doym, 1600s dombe), Middle English– doom.
Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.
Etymology: Common Germanic noun: Old English dóm —Old Frisian, Old Saxon dóm , Old High German, Middle High German tuom , Old Norse dómr (Swedish, Danish dom ), Gothic dom-s < Old Germanic *dômo-z , lit. that which is put or set up, statute, ordinance, < dô-n to place, set: see do v. (Compare Greek θέμις , < stem θη- to place, Latin statūtum , < statuĕre .) Used as suffix in the form -dom suffix.
1. A statute, law, enactment; gen. an ordinance, decree. Obsolete exc. Historical.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > [noun] > edict, decree, ordinance, or institute
doomc825
i-setnessec900
setnessc950
edict1297
statutec1300
purveyancea1325
assize1330
ordinancec1330
decreetc1374
constitutionc1380
decree?a1400
sizea1400
stablementc1400
edictionc1470
stablishment1473
ordinationc1499
estatutea1514
placarda1530
prescript1532
golden bull1537
rescript1545
institute1546
institution1551
constitutec1561
sanction1570
decretal1588
ordain1596
decretum1602
invention1639
scite1656
dispositive1677
bull1696
ordonnance1702
subnotation1839
senatus consultum1875
fatwa1989
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling
doomc825
judging1357
verdictc1386
determination1395
judgement?a1400
skillc1400
decision1467
date1488
arrest1509
resolution1545
pronouncement1593
resultance1610
decreea1642
placit1641
pronounce1641
placitum1649
vardy1738
deliverance1856
c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 26 Bioð afirred domas ðine from onsiene his.
c1000 Ælfric Exodus xxi. 1 Þis synd þa domas þe þu him tæcan scealt.
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xiii. 1 Þai þat haf forgeten God and his domes.
1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados i. viii. 24 The domes and law pronuncis, sche to thaym then.
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love i. i. 3 I have consulted one, who reads Heav'ns doom.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. xii. 242 He revised the whole code of Anglo-Saxon law, and compiled a new book of dooms.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iv. §4. 191 The first Dooms of London provide especially for the recovery of cattle.
2. A judgement or decision, esp. one formally pronounced; a sentence; mostly in adverse sense, condemnation, sentence of punishment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [noun]
weenc888
doomc900
advicec1300
wonec1300
opiniona1325
sentence1340
sight1362
estimationc1374
witc1374
assent1377
judgementa1393
supposinga1393
mindc1400
reputationc1400
feelingc1425
suffrage1531
counta1535
existimation1535
consent1599
vote1606
deem1609
repute1610
judicaturea1631
estimate1637
measure1650
sentiment1675
account1703
sensation1795
think1835
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun] > sentence
doomc900
righteOE
juise1303
sentencec1340
censurec1470
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1891) iv. v. 278 Seon heo begen biscopes dome scyldige.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 103 Ufele ȝitsunge..macað reaflac and unrihte domes.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 2131 He sculde dom þolien.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 27 Whan ich deme domes. Þen is racio my riȝt name.
1467 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1883) II. 380 To obey, fulfille and perfourme the dome, ordenance and award of vs.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. v. sig. E3v Then was that golden belt by doome of all Graunted to her. View more context for this quotation
1641 S. Marshall et al. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. (1653) Post. 87 Thurstan refusing to stand to the Kings doom.
1709 Tatler No. 42. ⁋5 O! Partial Judge, Thy Doom has me undone.
1808 W. Scott Marmion iii. Introd. 128 Whose doom discording neighbours sought.
1888 F. M. Müller Nat. Relig. (1889) vii. 173 They were not laws in our sense of the word but dooms, decisions.
†3.
a. Personal or private judgement, opinion. as to my doom: in my opinion. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale Prol. 49 As to my doom Thou art a maister whan thou art at hoom.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4582 O þis ioseph sai me þi dome, And giue me þar-of god consail.
c1440 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine i. 314 Ye may weel suppose in yovre owen dome.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 387 Yef he and the other ne hadde not returned.., by my dom, ther hadde not ascaped the halvendell.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. x. sig. K The which did seeme vnto my simple doome, The onely pleasant and delightfull place. View more context for this quotation
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) 67 The Age of the work upon which he must pass his Doom.
†b. The faculty of judging; judgement, discrimination, discernment. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun]
shedc950
skilla1200
skillwisenessa1200
doomc1374
subtilitya1398
subtiltyc1405
subtletya1425
dijudication1549
choice1583
decernment1586
quiddity1602
discerning1608
discernance1612
sensea1616
sense of things1648
tact1797
appreciation1810
kokum1848
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. v. pr. ii. 152 It haþ doom by whiche it discerniþ and demiþ euery þing.
1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) ii. vi. 115/1 He must haue with hym dome, that is a good and a dyscrete auysement, er he swere.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 139 With..unerring Doom, He sees what is, and was, and is to come. View more context for this quotation
4.
a. Fate, lot, irrevocable destiny. (Usually of adverse fate; rarely in good sense.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > adverse fate or doom
doomc1400
tragica1699
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 203 Lo þy dom is þe dyȝt, for þy dedes ille!
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 235 Ye angyr na ye wrechyt dome Yat is cowplyt to foule thyrldome.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7123 Þurgh domys of destany dreuyt to noght.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. iv. 218 All vnauoided is the doome of destinie. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 And Age, and Death's inexorable Doom . View more context for this quotation
1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 289 Such, happy Nestor! was thy glorious doom.
1855 C. Kingsley Heroes (1868) i. 7 A stranger, whom a cruel doom has driven to your land.
b. Final fate, destruction, ruin, death.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > [noun]
hensithOE
qualmOE
bale-sithea1000
endingc1000
fallOE
forthsitheOE
soulingOE
life's endOE
deathOE
hethensithc1200
last end?c1225
forthfarec1275
dying1297
finec1300
partingc1300
endc1305
deceasec1330
departc1330
starving1340
passingc1350
latter enda1382
obita1382
perishingc1384
carrion1387
departing1388
finishmentc1400
trespassement14..
passing forthc1410
sesse1417
cess1419
fininga1425
resolutiona1425
departisona1450
passagea1450
departmentc1450
consummation?a1475
dormition1483
debt to (also of) naturea1513
dissolutionc1522
expirationa1530
funeral?a1534
change1543
departure1558
last change1574
transmigration1576
dissolving1577
shaking of the sheets?1577
departance1579
deceasure1580
mortality1582
deceasing1591
waftage1592
launching1599
quietus1603
doom1609
expire1612
expiring1612
period1613
defunctiona1616
Lethea1616
fail1623
dismissiona1631
set1635
passa1645
disanimation1646
suffering1651
abition1656
Passovera1662
latter (last) end1670
finis1682
exitus1706
perch1722
demission1735
demise1753
translation1760
transit1764
dropping1768
expiry1790
departal1823
finish1826
homegoing1866
the last (also final, great) round-up1879
snuffing1922
fade-out1924
thirty1929
appointment in Samarra1934
dirt nap1981
big chill1987
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun]
end832
bale-sithea1000
wrakea1275
wonderc1275
destroyingc1300
destruction1340
contritionc1384
stroying1396
undoing1398
tininga1400
ruinc1425
fatec1430
fordoingc1450
perishing?1523
shipwreck1526
pernicion?1530
ruining1562
ruinating1587
defeasance1590
defeature1592
breakneck1598
ruination1599
defeat1600
doom1609
planet-striking1611
mismaking1615
rasurea1616
destructa1638
perition1640
interemption1656
smashing1821
degrowth1876
uncreation1884
creative destruction1927
1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets xiv. sig. B4 Thy end is Truthes and Beauties doome and date. View more context for this quotation
1725 N. Robinson New Theory of Physick 244 The Patient must fall in the Conflict, and owe his Doom..to the too rigid Rashness of his Physician.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 157 Irresistible dynamic energy, which moved them [glaciers] to their doom.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §5. 323 Both the Cardinal and his enemies knew that the minister's doom was sealed.
5. The action or process of judging (as in a court of law); judgement, trial. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun]
doomc950
redeOE
lookingc1300
assizec1314
judging1357
definitionc1384
man's dayc1384
termination1395
discretiona1400
discussiona1425
decidingc1443
judicial1447
decisionc1454
arbitry1489
determinationa1513
determining1530
decerninga1535
discuss1556
discussment1559
thought1579
decernment1586
arbitrage1601
dijudication1615
crisis1623
decidementa1640
determinatinga1640
discernment1646
syndication1650
judication1651
dijudicatinga1656
adjudicature1783
call1902
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > trial
doomc950
trial1583
c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John xii. 31 Nu is dom middan~geordes.
a1200 Moral Ode 169 [167] Þe dom sal ben sone idon, ne last hit nowiht longe.
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 5112 Als domesman to sit in dome.
c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 2194 Thai ledde hym arely fro thens to pilates dome.
1567 R. Sempill Test. & Trag. King Henrie (single sheet) Hangit syne but dome.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 817 Therefore to mee thir doom he hath assign'd. View more context for this quotation
1850 C. Kingsley Song in Alton Locke II. xx. 300 The Judge is set, the doom begun.
6. The last or great Judgement at the end of the world; also, a pictorial representation of this. archaic. (Now chiefly in crack of doom.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > ending of existence > the last judgement
doomc1200
great, last, general inquestc1315
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 69 Þenche we ure giltes er þe dom cume.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 97 He shall for the dome finall Yef his answere.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) x. 114 The Doom schalle ben on Estre Day, suche tyme as our Lord aroos.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 180/1 I speke of Christes..comming to the dreadfull dome.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 133 What will the Line stretch out to' th' cracke of Doome ? View more context for this quotation
a1800 W. Cowper Heroism 11 On a day, like that of the last doom.
1848 R. I. Wilberforce Incarnation (1852) ix. 204 When all nations shall behold Him at the crack of doom.
1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 323 The..hobgoblins of mediæval dooms.
7.
a. day of doom n. the day of judgement: see day n. 11a, and doomsday n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > existence > non-existence > [noun] > ending of existence > the last judgement > day of judgement
last dayc1275
day of doom1340
Great Dayc1350
the last time?1505
day of reckoning1547
accounting day1549
doomsday1578
reckoning day1581
day of accounting1666
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 2600 Our last day þat sal falle, Our day of dome we may calle.
a1400–50 Alexander 1095 So sall to þe day of dome þi dedis be remembrid.
1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. Bv What aunswere shall ye make to your lorde at the day of Dome?
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. vi. 19 The great scrutiny for faith in the day of doom.
1733 A. Pope Impertinent 11 In sure Succession to the Day of Doom.
1850 R. W. Emerson Swedenborg in Representative Men iii. 137 Who, if a hail-storm passes over the village, thinks the day of doom is come.
†b. transferred. The last day of one's life; the fatal day. Obsolete. (Cf. 4b.)
ΚΠ
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus ii. iii. 42 This is the daie of doome for Bassianus. View more context for this quotation
1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 v. vi. 93 Ile drag thy bodie in another roome, And triumph Henry in thy daie of doome.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. ii. 189 I come To change blowes with thee for our day of doome . View more context for this quotation
†8. Justice; equity; righteousness. Cf. judgement n. Obsolete. (Chiefly in versions of Scripture, or allusions thereto.)
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun]
doomc825
righteOE
evennessOE
lawc1175
righteouslaikc1175
judgementc1300
righteousheada1325
justice1340
rightfulnessa1387
justnessc1443
fairnessc1450
rightfulhoodc1475
rightheada1500
uprightness1541
righteoushood1543
rightship1793
just-mindedness1838
c825 Vesp. Psalter xcvi. 2 Hire rehtwisnis and dom gerecenis seldes his.
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxiii. 23 Ge forleton þa þing þe synt hefegran þære æ, dom, and mildheortnysse and geleafan.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxi. 3 To do mercy and dom, more pleseth to the Lord, than sacrifices of victorie.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋518 Thou schalt swere in trouthe, in doom, and in rightwisnesse.
c1531 Praier of Ploweman sig. Cvv Dauyd in the salter sayth. blessed beth they that don dome & rightfulnesse.
†9. Power or authority to judge; gen. power, authority. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [noun]
doomc1000
strengthOE
obediencea1225
bandon?c1225
mastery?c1225
authority1340
bailliec1380
obeisancea1393
baila1400
mastership?a1425
jurisdictionc1425
masterdomc1475
reformation1523
maistrice1526
swinge1531
potentness1581
obey1584
masterfulnessa1586
prevailance1592
covert1596
magistrality1603
command1608
magistery1642
magisteriality1646
sway1765
tenure1871
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: John (Corpus Cambr.) v. 22 Ne se fæder ne demð nanum menn. Ac he sealde ælcne dom þam suna.
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 100 To haf þam at his dome.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John v. 22 Neither the fader iugeth ony man, but hath ȝouun al the dom to the sone.
a1400 K. Alis. 2606 He sent messangers..to al that weore at his dome.
†10. A judge. Obsolete. rare.Perhaps an error of transcription for deme n.1
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun]
demec825
doomerc888
deemerc950
demendOE
doomsmana1200
dempstera1300
trierc1330
judgec1384
dooma1400
judge manc1410
knower?c1425
doomsterc1450
jurist1481
righter1566
tribune1587
syndicator1610
deemster1795
squire1817
judge-carl1818
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 627 Þer haunted til her hous..Two domus of þat lawe.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. lxiv/1 Primate and chefe dome of Cristen men.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (mostly archaic or Obsolete)
a.
doom-giving n.
ΚΠ
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles iii. 329 At the dome-ȝeuynge.
doom-hall n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > courthouse
doom-housec1000
speech-housec1050
tolsel1373
porcha1382
pleading house1440
courthouse1483
plead housec1485
pleading place1565
law-housea1610
county hall1670
judiciary1681
Palais de Justice1792
plea-house1818
doom-hall1870
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 293 Then gat he to the doom-hall of the town..And judged the people.
doom-place n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun]
doom-placec1384
justice hall1565
doom-ring18..
doom-stead1876
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xxv. 10 At the dom place of Cesar I stonde.
Categories »
doom-storm n.
Categories »
doom-word n.
b.
doom-laden adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fraught with destiny > fraught with doom
doomful1592
befate1659
doom-laden1938
1938 Times 24 Mar. Mr. Gennadi Rozhdestvensky gave this doom-laden symphony its full eloquence.
C2.
† doom-house n. Obsolete a judgement-hall.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > courthouse
doom-housec1000
speech-housec1050
tolsel1373
porcha1382
pleading house1440
courthouse1483
plead housec1485
pleading place1565
law-housea1610
county hall1670
judiciary1681
Palais de Justice1792
plea-house1818
doom-hall1870
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 145/12 Curia, domhus.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 126/2 Dome howse, pretorium.
doom-ring n. Archaeology a ring of stones forming the boundary of the old Norse courts of judgement.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun]
doom-placec1384
justice hall1565
doom-ring18..
doom-stead1876
18.. J. G. Whittier King Volmer & Elsie i Over heathen doom-rings and gray stones of the Horg.
1893 S. O. Addy Hall of Waltheof 33 The circle near the Bar Dike may have been a doom-ring.
† †doom-settle n. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > seat of judgement
doom-settlec1000
doom-stoola1250
benchc1300
bink?a1400
bankc1450
judgement seat1526
tribunala1530
justice seat1548
pew1558
chair1629
cushion1656
banc1689
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxvii. 19 He sæt þa pilatus on his dom-setle.
a1225 Juliana 55 Com..biuore þe reue as he set on his dom seotle.
† †doom-stool n. Obsolete judgement-seat.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun] > seat of judgement
doom-settlec1000
doom-stoola1250
benchc1300
bink?a1400
bankc1450
judgement seat1526
tribunala1530
justice seat1548
pew1558
chair1629
cushion1656
banc1689
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 138 Let skile sitten ase demare up on ðe dom stol [?c1225 Cleo. dom seotel].
† doom-stead n. Obsolete place of judgement.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > place where court is held > [noun]
doom-placec1384
justice hall1565
doom-ring18..
doom-stead1876
1876 Athenæum 8 July 48 That way to the doomstead thrones The Aesir ride each day.
doom-tree n. a tree on which the condemned were hanged.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > gallows
gallowsOE
gallows-treea1000
warytre?a1200
gibbet?c1225
gallow-forka1250
forkc1275
juisec1320
forchesc1380
crossa1382
treec1425
patible1428
justice1484
potencec1500
haltera1533
turning-tree1548
potentc1550
three treesa1566
chates1567
mare1568
furel1587
bough1590
gibe1590
derrickc1600
hangrella1605
cross-tree1638
Gregorian tree1641
wooden horse1642
timber-marec1650
triple tree1651
furca1653
nubbing1673
a horse that was foaled of an acorn1678
nub1699
Tyburn tree1728
raven-stone1738
picture frame1785
crap1789
lamp-iron1790
Moll Blood1818
stifler1818
scragging-post1819
government signposta1828
leafless tree1830
shuggie-shue1836
doom-tree1837
stob1860–62
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott ii Elibank's ‘doomtree’ extended its broad arms close to the gates of his fortress.

Draft additions 1993

doom and gloom: see gloom n.1 Additions.

Draft additions March 2017

doom-monger n. chiefly depreciative a person who predicts disaster or misfortune.
ΚΠ
1941 L. Del Rey in Unknown Worlds Dec. 107/2 He..brought a hamlike fist down on Phineas' back... ‘Phin Potts, you old doommonger! Welcome back!’
1953 New Castle (Pa.) News 10 Apr. 4/7 Crepe hangers and doom-mongers will always look for catastrophe and perdition in an attempt to scare the wits out of us.
1970 F. Herbert New World or No World v. 126 Do you think the efforts of things like Earth Day..will get things going on a massive enough scale to reverse this tide, or are you one of the doom mongers?
2009 T. Footman Noughties Introd. p. xiii Doom-mongers asserted that the resultant confusion would cause ATMs to shut down, hospital equipment to fail and airplanes to drop from the skies across the world.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

doomv.

Brit. /duːm/, U.S. /dum/
Forms: Also Middle English–1500s dome, 1500s Scottish dume, 1500s–1600s doome.
Etymology: < doom n.
1.
a. transitive. To pronounce judgement or sentence upon; to judge. Obsolete or archaic except as in 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > activities of God > [verb (transitive)] > judge
deraignc1330
judgec1350
visit1382
doomc1503
to weigh (also examine) with the weights (or scales) of the sanctuary1617
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > judge or determine judicially [verb (transitive)] > judge (a person)
judgec1300
justicec1300
justifya1393
doomc1503
c1503 tr. Charter of London in R. Arnold Chron. f. ixv/2 The goodys and catels of alle hem that before hem be domed.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay sig. Bvv They quhilk..Iugis or dwmis oders wranguslie.
1607 (?a1425) Chester Plays (Harl. 2124) ii. 386 The general Resurrection..when Christ is bowne to Dome both good and evill.
1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island v. xlvi. 58 There th' equall Judge..dooms each voice aright.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos ii. xxi. 467 No deed they've done—nor deed shall do, Ere I have heard and doomed it too.
†b. with complement: To pronounce or deem.
ΚΠ
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 14 Time's Use was doom'd a Pleasure; Waste, a Pain.
2. To pronounce judgement or sentence against; esp. to condemn to some fate.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > sentence [verb (transitive)]
deemOE
awreaka1300
judgec1300
castc1390
adjudgec1450
awarda1538
sentence1592
doom1594
destinate1611
censurea1616
condemn1653
arraign1658
adjudicatea1681
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iii. i. 46 Tribunes with their tongues doome men to death. View more context for this quotation
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. i. 4 Cæsars..Tower, To whose [printed wohse] flint bosome, my condemned Lord, Is doomde a prisoner by proud Bullingbrooke. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Milton Colasterion 23 He dooms it, as contrary to Truth.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 197 An act was passed which doomed him to perpetual exile.
1881 B. Jowett tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. 189 A decree which doomed to destruction..a whole city.
3. To destine or consign to some adverse fate or lot; also sometimes in neutral sense, to any fate, good or ill. past participle. Destined, fated.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > to disaster
doom1603
predamn1624
precondemna1631
predoom1769
1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 10 I am thy fathers spirit, doomd for a time To walke the night.
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 69 He..feasts the Animal he dooms his Feast.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xii. 255 You have doomed me to a life of cares.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. ii. 19 Our hopes were doomed to disappointment.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid i, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 72 A nation..Doomed in the future ages her Tyrian towers to destroy.
4. U.S. (local): see quots.
ΚΠ
1816 J. Pickering Vocab. U.S. (at cited word) When a person neglects to make a return of his taxable property to the assessors of a town, those officers doom him; that is, judge upon, and fix his tax according to their discretion.
1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xliii. 133 In New York..if a person makes no return the assessors are instructed to ‘doom’ him according to the best of their knowledge and belief.
5. To decree; to pronounce or fix as a sentence or fate; to destine; to adjudge. (With simple object or object clause.)
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > ordain, prescribe, or appoint
asetc885
teachc897
deemc900
ashapea1000
i-demeOE
setc1000
shiftc1000
stevenOE
redeOE
willOE
lookc1175
showc1175
stablea1300
devise1303
terminea1325
shapec1330
stightlea1375
determinec1384
judgea1387
sign1389
assize1393
statute1397
commanda1400
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yarka1400
writec1405
decreetc1425
rule1447
stallc1460
constitute1481
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institute1485
prescribec1487
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destinate1490
to lay down1493
make?a1513
call1523
plant1529
allot1532
stint1533
determ1535
appointa1538
destinec1540
prescrive1552
lot1560
fore-appoint1561
nominate1564
to set down1576
refer1590
sort1592
doom1594
fit1600
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determinate1636
inordera1641
state1647
fix1660
direct1816
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus iv. ii. 113 The Emperour in his rage will doome her death. View more context for this quotation
1670 J. Dryden Tyrannick Love ii. i. 12 The Gods adjudg'd it Parricide, By dooming the event on Cæsar's side.
1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) ii. 16 Whether Heav'n has doom'd that Shock must fall.
1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. vi. 83 Buckingham, whose fall he perceived was doomed.
6. intransitive. To give judgement; to judge, decide. Obsolete or archaic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > form judgement, decide [verb (intransitive)]
deemc825
determinec1384
judgea1400
discerna1425
concludec1515
rest1530
scan1582
arbitrate1590
doom1591
dijudicate1607
dignosce1641
vote1643
1591 R. Greene Maidens Dreame xlii. 2 Doctors that well could doom of Holy Writ.
1662 A. Cokayne Trag. Ovid i. iii. 20 in Poems I shall (in my opinion) doom aright: But wish that Jove had chose some other wight.
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd 259 They drink in the hall together, they doom in the people's strife.

Derivatives

doomed adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fraught with destiny > fraught with doom > doomed
gone1598
doomed1869
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xii. 241 The..doomed city.
dooming adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > reprobation > [adjective] > causing
damning1598
dooming1607
damnablea1617
damnatory1738
1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel sig. B2 For which immedicable blow..Me dooming heauen ordain'd.
dooming n.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > sentencing > [noun]
dooming1628
sentencing1933
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xv. sig. K6 A dooming to death.
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