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t. [E entially the same word as deem (q. v.).] [DooM, 8.] *1. To judge, to sit in judgment upon. "No sooner did thy dear and only Son Perceive Thee purposed not to doom frail man So strictly, but much more to pity inclined." Milton: P. L., iii. 402-4. *2. To judge, to decide, to determine. "Nobly doomed."-Shakesp.: Cymbeline, v. 5. 3. To sentence, to adjudge, to condemn to any IMG:content-0376.png:[graphic] punishment. "Round in his urn the blended balls he rolls, Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls." Dryden : Virgil's Æneid , vì. 585, 586. 4. With the penalty or punishment expre ed. "We shall not be doomed to death or life according to the hectoring spirits of the world."- Bunyan : Pilgrim's Progre , pt. i. 5. To destine; to ordain or fix the fate or destiny of irrevocably. "He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colored like his own; and having power T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey." Cowper : Task , ii. 12-15. *6. To ordain, fix, or decree as a penalty or punishment; to pa sentence of. "Have I a tongue to doom my brother's death?" Shakesp.: Richard III., ii. 1. *7. To allot as a penalty or punishment. "The prince will doom thee death." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet , iii. 1. 8. To a e or tax by estimate at discretion. ( American .) doom, *dom, *dome, s . [A. S. dóm : cogn. with O. H. Ger. tuom ; Goth.doms; Icel. dómo ; Sw. & Dan. dom , all = judgment; Gr. them is law, from a root dha to piace, Sansc. dhá . ( Skeat .)] [DEEM, DOM.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. A judicial pa ing of sentence or judgment (not nece arily of condemnation). "Adjudged to death and hell By doom severe." Milton: P. L. , iii. 233, 234, 2. Specif .: The great day of judgment. "The cited dead Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten. Milton: P. L., iii. 327-29. *3. The right, power, authority, or duty of sitting in judgment. "For nather the fadir jugith ony man, but hath youun ech doom to the Sone." - Wycliffe: John v. 4. A sentence or judgment pa ed, generally evil or adverse. "In the great day, wherein the secrets of all hearts shall be laid open, no one shall be made to answer for what he knows nothing of; but shall receive his doom , his conscience accusing or excusing him."- Locke . *5. The infliction or carrying out of a sentence or punishment. "Therefore to me their doom he hath a igned; That they may have their wish, to try with me In battle which the stronger proves." Milton: P. L., vi. 817-19. 6. Fate, destiny; generally evil or adverse. "Their doom would be fixed if a courtier should be called to the chair." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng ., ch. xxiv. 7. Ruin, destruction, fate, perdition. "Talk not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can ease my doom." Pope : Homer's Ody ey, xi. 595, 596. 8. An opinion. "I am his trewest man, as to my dome." Chaucer: A embly of Foules, 479. *9. Disposition, control. "To al that weore at his dome ."- A lisa under , 2,606. II. Arch .: The old name for the Last Judgment, which impre ive subject was usually painted over the chancel arch in parochial churches. Dooms were executed in distemper, and are of very constant occurrence. One of the finest at present existing in England is in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Coventry. In the reign of Edward VI these representations were effaced, or washed over, as superstitious. ( Fairholt .) For the difference between doom and destiny, See DESTINY. *doom-book, *dom-boc, s. The book of laws. and national and local customs and usages, compiled under the direction of the Saxon sovereign of England, King Alfred. It is now lost. *doom-house. *dome-howse, s . [A. S. dómhús .] A court or hall of justice. "Dome-howse. Pretorium."- Prompt . Parv. *doom-place, *dom-place, s. A market, a market-place. "He disputide in the synagoge and in the chepinge or dom place ."- Wycliffe : Deedis, xvii. 17. *doom-settle, *dom-seotle, s. [A. S. dómsetl .] A judgment seat. "Buiore the reue as he set on his domseotle."- St . Julian a, p. 55. *doom-stool, *dom-stol, s. [A. S. dómstóll.] A seat of justice, a judgment seat. "Let skile sitten ase demare upon the domstol ."-Ancren Riwle , p. 306.