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Definitions for foredoom
fɔrˈdum, foʊr-; ˈfɔrˌdum, ˈfoʊr-fore·doom
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Princeton's WordNet
foredoomverb
doom beforehand
Wiktionary
foredoomnoun
A doom that is predicted; destiny
foredoomverb
To predestine a doom; to presage
Etymology: From. Compare foredeem.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Foredoomverb
To predestinate; to determine beforehand.
Etymology: fore and doom.
Through various hazards and events we move
To Latium, and the realms foredoom’d by Jove. John Dryden, Æn.The willing metal will obey thy hand,
Following with ease: if favour’d by thy fate,
Thou art foredoom’d to view the Stygian state. Dryden.Fate foredoom’d, and all things tend
By course of time to their appointed end. Dryden.Here Britain’s statesmen oft the fall foredoom
Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home. Alexander Pope.
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foredoom
Foredoom refers to the act of condemning or determining beforehand that something will end unfavorably or disastrously; to doom in advance or predestine to a particular fate. It can also mean to predict something negative will happen.
Webster Dictionary
Foredoomverb
to doom beforehand; to predestinate
Foredoomnoun
doom or sentence decreed in advance
Etymology: [Cf. Foredeem.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Foredoom
fōr-dōōm′, v.t. to doom beforehand.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of foredoom in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of foredoom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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