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foredoom

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːduːm/ / /fɔːˈduːm/

noun

Etymology: From fore- + doom. Compare foredeem.

  1. A doom that is predicted; destiny.

verb

Etymology: From fore- + doom. Compare foredeem.

  1. To predestine to a doom.

    Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.

    [W]hen to the inherent difficulties of so delicate and nice a social operation were added the spite and hate of conflict, the hell of war; when suspicion and cruelty were rife, and gaunt Hunger wept beside Bereavement,—in such a case, the work of any instrument of social regeneration was in large part foredoomed to failure.