foredoom

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foredoom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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foredoom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  foredoom
      v 1: doom beforehand