单词 | foredoom |
释义 | foredoomn. A doom or judgement pronounced beforehand; destiny. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [noun] > destiny or fate whatec1200 gracec1325 destiny1340 portionc1350 sortc1405 weird1508 dolec1520 foredoom1563 fate1667 destinate1675 fatality1699 kismet1849 ultimatum1861 foredestiny1872 ming1937 the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [noun] > that which is ordained by fate > personal destiny or one's lot lotOE chance1297 fallc1300 weirds1320 cuta1340 fatec1374 vie1377 parta1382 foredoom1563 event1577 allotment1586 fatality1589 kincha1600 lines1611 fortunea1616 dispensation1704 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) lxiii Ioves vnmooved sentence and foredoome On Priam kyng. 1625 T. May tr. J. Barclay in K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. xvii. 125 Kings Councels, and the gods fore-doome..She knowes. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 249 An opening scene in Heaven, wherein The foredoom of all things..Is shewn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). foredoomv. 1. transitive. To doom beforehand: a. to condemn beforehand (to a destiny, or to do something). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > decree, appoint, allot, or assign setc1000 spinc1374 weirdc1550 forlot1566 oss1600 foredoom1608 condemn1653 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 286 Your eldest daughters haue foredoome [1619 fore-doom'd, 1623 fore-done] themselues. View more context for this quotation 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. i. ii. 23 Men..fore~doomed by an Oracle to a bad fortune. 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 545 Sons of Gods, foredoom'd to Death, Before proud Ilion. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 136 O hapless prelate!.. Foredoom'd with crimes a fruitless war to wage. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. (1855) viii. 270 The ruthless judges, who had foredoomed her. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 150 His efforts were, for the present foredoomed to failure. b. to foreordain, predestine (a thing). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > future events > [verb (transitive)] > predestine shapea1000 fordighta1400 foredestinea1400 forecast1413 decree1593 fore-read1617 foredoom1674 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 162 Foredooming that which is to be, and is not, till so foredoom'd. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in Misc. Poems 359 Here Britain's Statesmen oft the Fall foredoom Of Foreign Tyrants. 1814 R. Southey Roderick xi A field..For bloody theatre of famous deeds Foredoom'd. 1844 E. B. Barrett Drama of Exile in Poems I. 81 Had God foredoomed despair, He had not spoken hope. 2. To determine beforehand as a doom; to forecast, foreshadow, presage. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > have a presentiment of [verb (transitive)] > presage fore-point1590 foredoom1599 forebode1603 1599 George a Greene sig. D3 A wizer wizard neuer met you yet, Nor one that better could foredoome your fall. 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 15 Broad leaved fig trees even now foredoom Their ripen'd fruitage. Derivatives foreˈdoomed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > doomed to misfortune fatal1509 ill-starreda1616 foredoomed1700 ill-fated1713 weirdless1821 ill-bestarreda1834 snake-bit1942 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 72 As Fate foredoom'd, and all things tend..to their appointed End. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xxv. 603 To face..the perils of a foredoomed enterprise. foreˈdoomer n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of > of evil > foreboder Gabriel's houndsc888 Gabriel ratchet?c1475 foredoomer1591 forebodera1796 gabble ratchets1862 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn ii. sig. A4v Disturbed thoughts, foredoomers of mine ill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563v.1591 |
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