Doom, vb. 1) to judge, to decide: “nobly --ed!” Cymb. V, 5, 420.
2) to sentence, to condemn: “to d. the offenders,” R3 III, 4, 67. “the gods d. him after,” Cor. I, 8, 6. “my lord is --ed a prisoner,” R2 V, 1, 4. “--ed to die,” Err. I, 1, 155. “--ed to walk the night,” Hml. I, 5, 10. “he --ed this beauty to a grave,” John IV, 3, 39. “d. men to death,” Tit. III, 1, 47.
3) to pass sentence of: “to d. my brother's death,” R3 II, 1, 102. “will d. her death,” Tit. IV, 2, 114. “the prince will d. thee death,” Rom. III, 1, 139.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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