foredoom
[ verb fawr-doom, fohr-; noun fawr-doom, fohr- ]
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verb (used with object)
to doom beforehand; destine.
noun
Archaic. a doom ordained beforehand; destiny.
Origin of foredoom
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How to use foredoom in a sentence
There is no halfway business of ghastly wounds which foredoom survival as a cripple.
My Second Year of the War | Frederick PalmerOf course the girl's anticipations of "God's country" were too glowing not to foredoom her to disappointment.
Why Joan? | Eleanor Mercein Kelly
British Dictionary definitions for foredoom
foredoom
/ (fɔːˈduːm) /
verb
(tr) to doom or condemn beforehand
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