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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.
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     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.
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              Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
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              Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.
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     4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
        England] --J. Pickering.
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     5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
        appoint, as by decree or by fate.
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              A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
              difficulties.                         --Macaulay.
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