prae-damno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to condemn beforehand, to precondemn (not in Cic. or Caes.).
I Lit.: praedamnatus collega, Liv. 4, 41 fin. : amicum, Suet. Aug. 56.—
II Trop.: spem, i. e. to give it up or renounce beforehand , Liv. 27, 18, 8: se perpetuae infelicitatis, think themselves condemned to perpetual misery , Val. Max. 6, 9.