predoomv.
/priːˈduːm/, U.S. /priˈdum/ 1. transitive. To doom beforehand, to foredoom; to preordain the doom or destiny of; to preconsign or precondemn to a specified fate.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > predestine or predetermine [verb (transitive)] > to disaster
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1769 W. Hawkins Pretences Enthusiasts 10 In what manner Jesus Christ gave himself a ransom for all, of whom an amazing majority were predoomed to damnation.
1788 Ann. Reg. 1786 Hist. Europe 51/2 The Sheich Mansour pretended that he was pre-doomed by the..decrees of Heaven to fill up the measure of divine revelation to mankind.
1800 tr. J.-H. Castéra Life Catherine II III. xiv. 65 The sheik Mansour pretended that he was predoomed by the eternal and immutable decrees of heaven.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Lancelot & Elaine 725 in Idylls of King All Had marvel what the maid might be, but most Predoom'd her as unworthy.
1920 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 35 11 At the close the poet also pre-dooms, not only all Enthusiasts, however wild-eyed, but all Prophets, each to their respective fates.
1946 Times 10 Sept. 5/4 There is nothing which necessarily predooms to failure a new and exactly accurate reinstatement of a building which was itself once new.
1999 N. MacQueen in S. J. Connolly Oxf. Compan. Irish Hist. 569 The initiative, pre-doomed by the British veto, was not pursued with any great energy.
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1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. i. 10 He predooms future suffering to the innocent by a reckless indulgence of his own inclination in the present.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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