Hypertext Webster Gateway: "doomed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
doomed
adj 1: marked for certain death; "the black spot told the old
sailor he was doomed"
2: (Christianity) in danger of the eternal punishment of hell;
"poor damned souls" [syn: {cursed}, {damned}, {unredeemed},
{unsaved}]
3: marked by or promising bad fortune; "their business venture
was doomed from the start"; "an ill-fated business
venture"; "an ill-starred romance"; "the unlucky prisoner
was again put in irons"- W.H.Prescott [syn: {ill-fated}, {ill-omened},
{ill-starred}, {unlucky}]
4: (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate;
"doomed to unhappiness"; "fated to be the scene of
Kennedy's assassination" [syn: {fated}]
n : people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the
doomed was in his voice" [syn: {lost}]
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