Foredoom

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foredoom \Fore*doom"\, v. t. [Cf. {Foredeem}.]
     To doom beforehand; to predestinate.
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           Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.
                                                    --Dryden.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Foredoom \Fore"doom`\, n.
     Doom or sentence decreed in advance. "A dread foredoom
     ringing in the ears of the guilty adult." --Southey.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  foredoom
       v : doom beforehand