Deem

Definition of Deem

Pronunciation: dēm
v. t.1.To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.
[imp. & p. p. Deemed (dēmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.]
Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree.
- Chaucer.
2.To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
For never can I deem him less him less than god.
- Dryden.
v. i.1.To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
And deemest thou as those who pore,
With aged eyes, short way before?
- Emerson.
2.To pass judgment.
n.1.Opinion; judgment.

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