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nitroLe 22/04/2004 à 19:51
Ah bon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

Doom \Doom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Doomed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Dooming}.]
1. To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge. [Obs.]
--Milton.

2. To pronounce sentence or judgment on; to condemn; to
consign by a decree or sentence; to sentence; as, a
criminal doomed to chains or death.

Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
--Dryden.

3. To ordain as penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.

Have I tongue to doom my brother's death? --Shak.

4. To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion. [New
England] --J. Pickering.

5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the destiny or fate of; to
appoint, as by decree or by fate.

A man of genius . . . doomed to struggle with
difficulties. --Macaulay.