Sense file
How the sense moved
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Older meaning
Judgment, law, decree.
Modern meaning
Destruction or terrible fate.
Research lens
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Meaning trail
Root
judgment
A legal or authoritative decision.
Older sense
decree
The word belonged to verdict and law.
Now
terrible fate
Judgment merged with final ruin.