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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Ruin; death.</def>

<blockquote>This is the day of <b>doom</b> for Bassianus. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Discriminating opinion or judgment; discrimination; discernment; decision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>And there he learned of things and haps to come, To give foreknowledge true, and certain <b>doom</b>. <i>Fairfax.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Sentence; condemnation; decree; fate; destiny; lot; ruin; destruction.</syn>

<h1>Doom</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doom</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Doomed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dooming</er>.]</wordforms>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; <as>as, a criminal <ex>doomed</ex> to chains or death</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Absolves the just, and <b>dooms</b> the guilty souls. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.</def>

<blockquote>Have I tongue to <b>doom</b> my brother's death? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.</def> <mark>[New England]</mark>

<i>J. Pickering.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to appoint, as by decree or by fate.</def>

<blockquote>A man of genius . . . <b>doomed</b> to struggle with difficulties. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Doomage</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doom"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A penalty or fine for neglect.</def> <mark>[Local, New England]</mark>

<h1>Doomful</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doom"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of condemnation or destructive power.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "That <i>doomful</i> deluge."

<i>Drayton.</i>

<h1>Doom palm</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Doom" palm`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Ar. <ets>daum</ets>, <ets>d\'d4m</ets>: cf. F. <ets>doume</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of palm tree (<spn>Hyph\'91ne Thebaica</spn>), highly valued for the fibrous pulp of its fruit, which has the flavor of gingerbread, and is largely eaten in Egypt and Abyssinia.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>doum palm</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Doomsday</h1> <Xpage=445>

<hw>Dooms"day`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>d<?/mes d\'beg</ets>. See <er>Doom</er>, and <er>Day</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A day of sentence or condemnation; day of death.</def> "My body's <i>doomsday</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The day of the final judgment.</def>