Archaic term meaning to condemn, doom, or damn thoroughly; to ruin or destroy completely.
From for- (prefix of intensity) + dam (from Old English, related to damnation). The 'for-' prefix intensifies the sense of complete condemnation.
Old English preachers used 'fordam' when they wanted to sound apocalyptic—not just condemned, but absolutely, irrevocably, eternally fordam'd by divine judgment.
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