different between doom vs proscribe

English

Etymology

From Middle English dome, dom, from Old English d?m (“judgement”), from Proto-Germanic *d?maz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?óh?mos. Compare West Frisian doem, Dutch doem, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish dom, Icelandic dómur. Doublet of duma. See also deem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?m/
• Rhymes: -u?m

Noun

doom (countable and uncountable, plural dooms)

1. Destiny, especially terrible.
2. An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable.
3. A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness or despair.
4. (countable, obsolete) A law.
5. (countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.
6. (countable, obsolete) A sentence or penalty for illegal behaviour.
   • 1874, John Richard Green, A Short History of the English People

     The first dooms of London provide especially the recovery of cattle belonging to the citizens.
7. Death.

   They met an untimely doom when the mineshaft caved in.
8. (sometimes capitalized) The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof.

Antonyms

• (undesirable fate): fortune

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• deem
• -dom

Translations

Verb

doom (third-person singular simple present dooms, present participle dooming, simple past and past participle doomed)

1. (transitive) To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.

   • Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls.
2. To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of.
3. (obsolete) To judge; to estimate or determine as a judge.
4. (obsolete) To ordain as a penalty; hence, to mulct or fine.
5. (archaic, US, New England) To assess a tax upon, by estimate or at discretion.

Translations

See also

• doomsday
• doomsaying
• damn

Anagrams

• Odom, mood

Wolof

Pronunciation

Noun

doom (definite form doom ji)

1. child, offspring
2. seed

English

Etymology

From Middle English proscriben, from Latin pr?scr?b? (“to proclaim, forbid, banish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???sk?a?b/
• (distinguished from prescribe):
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?p????sk?a?b/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?p?o??sk?a?b/
• Rhymes: -a?b
• Homophone: prescribe (in some dialects)

Verb

proscribe (third-person singular simple present proscribes, present participle proscribing, simple past and past participle proscribed)

1. (transitive) To forbid or prohibit.

2. (transitive) To denounce.

   Antonym: recommend
3. (transitive) To banish or exclude.

Antonyms

• prescribe

Related terms

• proscription
• proscriptive

Derived terms

• proscriber

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?scr?be

1. second-person singular present active imperative of pr?scr?b?

Spanish

Verb

proscribe

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of proscribir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of proscribir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of proscribir.