n. [ As. dōm; akin to OS. dōm, OHG. tuom, Dan. & Sw. dom, Icel. dōmr, Goth. dōms, Gr. qe`mis law; fr. the root of E. do, v. t. √65. See Do, v. t., and cf. Deem, -dom. ] 1. Judgment; judicial sentence; penal decree; condemnation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now against himself he sounds this doom. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That to which one is doomed or sentenced; destiny or fate, esp. unhappy destiny; penalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere Hector meets his doom. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

And homely household task shall be her doom. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ruin; death. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is the day of doom for Bassianus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doomed p. pr. & vb. n. Dooming. ] 1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [ New England ] J. Pickering. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with difficulties. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A penalty or fine for neglect. [ Local, New England ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of condemnation or destructive power. [ R. ] “That doomful deluge.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Ar. daum, dūm: cf. F. doume. ] (Bot.) A species of palm tree (Hyphæne Thebaica), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia. [ Written also doum palm. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. d&unr_;mes dāg. See Doom, and Day. ] 1. A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death. “My body's doomsday.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The day of the final judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could not tell till doomsday. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Doomsday Book. See Domesday Book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Doom + man. ] A judge; an umpire. [ Obs. ] Hampole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Dempster. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]