foredoom

[ verb fawr-doom, fohr-; noun fawr-doom, fohr- ]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to doom beforehand; destine.

noun
  1. Archaic. a doom ordained beforehand; destiny.

Origin of foredoom

1
First recorded in 1555–65; fore- + doom

Words Nearby 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 Palmer
  • Of 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
  1. (tr) to doom or condemn beforehand

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