[syn: sentence, condemn, doom]
3. make certain of the failure or destruction of;
- Example: "This decision will doom me to lose my position"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The first dooms of London provide especially the
recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. --J.
R. Green.
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Now against himself he sounds this doom. --Shak.
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2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate,
esp. unhappy destiny; penalty.
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Ere Hector meets his doom. --Pope.
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And homely household task shall be her doom.
--Dryden.
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3. Ruin; death.
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This is the day of doom for Bassianus. --Shak.
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4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination;
discernment; decision. [Obs.]
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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"
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
DOOM
A simulated 3D moster-hunting action game for IBM
PCs, created and published by id Software. The original
press release was dated January 1993. A cut-down shareware
version v1.0 was released on 10 December 1993 and again with
some bug-fixes, as v1.4 in June 1994.
DOOM is similar to Wolfenstein 3d (id Software, Apogee) but
has better texture mapping; walls can be at any angle, of
any thickness and have windows; lighting can fade into the
distance or come from point sources; floors and ceilings can
be of any height; many surfaces are animated; up to four
players can play over a network or two by serial link; it has
a high frame rate (comparable to TV on a 486/33); DOOM
isn't just a collection of connected closed rooms like
Wolfenstein but sounds can travel anywhere and alert monsters
of your approach.
The shareware version is available from these sites:
Cactus (ftp://cactus.org/pub/IHHD/multi-player/),
Manitoba (ftp://ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca/pub/doom/),
UK (ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/games/id/),
South Africa (ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/msdos/games/id/),
UWP ftp (ftp://archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/),
UWP http (http://archive.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/),
Finland (ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/msdos/games/id),
Washington
(ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doom).
A FAQ by Hank Leukart: UWP
(ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/msdos/games/id/home-brew/doom),
Washington
(ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games/doomstuff).
FAQ on WWW (http://venom.st.hmc.edu/~tkelly/doomfaq/intro.html).
Other links (http://gamesdomain.co.uk/descript/doom.html).
Usenet newsgroups: news:rec.games.computer.doom.announce,
news:rec.games.computer.doom.editing,
news:rec.games.computer.doom.help,
news:rec.games.computer.doom.misc,
news:rec.games.computer.doom.playing, news:alt.games.doom,
news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce,
news:comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc.
Mailing List: ("sub DOOML" in
the message body, no subject).
Telephone: +44 (1222) 362 361 - the UK's first multi-player
DOOM and games server.
(1994-12-14)