Dictionary: DO'NA-RY – DOOM'ING

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DO'NA-RY, n. [L. donarium, from dono, to give.]

A thing given to a sacred use. [Little used.] – Johnson.

DO-NA'TION, n. [L. donatio, from dono, to give, Fr. donner.]

  1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. That right we hold by his donation. – Milton.
  2. In law, the act or contract by which a thing or the use of it is transferred to a person, or corporation, as a free gift. To be valid, a donation supposes capacity both in the donor to give, and donee to take, and requires consent, delivery and acceptance.
  3. That which is given or bestowed; that which is transferred to another gratuitously, or without a valuable consideration; a gift; a grant. Donation is usually applied to things of more value than present. Mr. Boudinot made a donation of ten thousand dollars to the American Bible Society.

DON'A-TISM, n.

The doctrines of the Donatists.

DON'A-TIST, n.

One of the sect founded by Donatus. They held that that theirs was the only pure church, and that baptism and ordination, unless by their church, were invalid. – Encyc.

DON'A-TIS-TIC, a.

Pertaining to Donatism.

DON'A-TIVE, a.

Vested or vesting by donation; as, a donative advowson. – Blackstone.

DON'A-TIVE, n. [Sp. and Ital. donativo; L. donativum, from dono, to give.]

  1. A gift; a largess; a gratuity; a present; a dole. The Romans were entertained with shows and donatives. – Dryden.
  2. In the canon law, a benefice given and collated to a person, by the founder or patron, without either presentation, institution, or induction by the ordinary. – Encyc.

DONE, pp. [dun. See Do.]

  1. Performed; executed; finished.
  2. A word by which agreement to a proposal is expressed; as in laying a wager, an offer being made, the person accepting or agreeing says done; that is, it is agreed, I agree, I accept.

DO-NEE', n. [L. from dono, to give.]

  1. The person to whom a gift or a donation is made.
  2. The person to whom lands or tenements are given or granted; as, a donee in fee-simple, or fee-tail. – Blackstone.

DO-NIF'ER-OUS, a.

Bearing gifts.

DON'JON, or DON'GEON, n. [See DUNGEON.]

DON'KEY, n.

An ass or mule for the saddle.

DON'NAT, n. [do and naught.]

An idle fellow. [Not in use.] – Granger.

DON'NED, pp.

Put on; invested with.

DO'NOR, n. [from L. dono, to give.]

  1. One who gives or bestows; one who confers any thing gratuitously; a benefactor.
  2. One who grants an estate; as, a conditional fee may revert to the donor, if the donee has no heirs of his body.

DON'SHIP, n. [See Don.]

The quality or rank of a gentleman or knight. – Hudibras.

DON'ZEL, n. [It.]

A young attendant; a page. – Butler.

DOO'DLE, n.

A trifler; a simple fellow. [Qu. dote, Fr. radoter; Port. doudo, mad, foolish.]

DOOLE, n. [See DOLE.]

DOOM, n. [Sax. dom; D. doem; Dan. and Sw. dom.]

  1. Judgment; judicial sentence. To Satan, first in sin, his doom applied. – Milton. Hence, the final doom is the last judgment.
  2. Condemnation; sentence; decree; determination affecting the fate or future state of another; usually a determination to inflict evil, sometimes otherwise. Revoke that doom of mercy. – Shak.
  3. The state to which one is doomed or destined. To suffer misery is the doom of sinners. To toil for subsistence is the doom of most men.
  4. Ruin; destruction. From the same foes, at last, both felt their doom. – Pope.
  5. Discrimination. [Not used.]

DOOM, v.t. [Sax. dom, judgment; deman, to deem; gedeman, to judge; D. doemen, to doom, to condemn; Dan. dimmer; Sw. döma. Doom is from the root of deem, which seems to coincide also with L. estimo, to esteem, and perhaps with the root of condemn. See Deem.]

  1. To judge. [Unusual.] Thou didst not doom so strictly. – Milton.
  2. To condemn to any punishment; to consign by a decree or sentence; as, the criminal is doomed to chains.
  3. To pronounce sentence or judgment on. Absolves the just, and dooms the guilty souls. – Dryden.
  4. To command authoritatively. Have I a tongue to doom my brother's death. – Shak.
  5. To destine; to fix irrevocably the fate or direction of; as, we are doomed to suffer for our sins and errors.
  6. To condemn, or to punish by a penalty.

DOOM'AGE, n.

A penalty or fine for neglect. – N. Hampshire.

DOOM'ED, pp.

Adjudged; sentenced; condemned; destined; fated.

DOOM'FUL, a.

Full of destruction. – Drayton.

DOOM'ING, ppr.

Judging; sentencing; condemning; destining.