foredamn

verb

Etymology

From fore- + damn.

  1. derived from damnāre
  2. derived from damner
  3. inherited from dampnen
  4. prefixed as foredamn — “fore + damn

Definitions

  1. To damn beforehand or in advance

    • Pious Rousseau foredamn or save his soul / As he might hit or miss a cork-tree's bole ?
    • We believe environment has as much to do with the bringing in of the Kingdom of God as does personal conversion. The time is past when children should be born and bred in places that foredoom and foredamn them.
    • We slouch and bellow, reminding in prayers our deathless woe And foredamn ourselves more by the ignorance of what we could not know.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA