Deem \Deem\, 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. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Deem \Deem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deeming.]
[OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d?man, fr. d?m
doom; akin to OFries. d?ma, OS. ad?mian, D. doemen, OHG.
tuommen, Icel. d[ae]ma, Sw. d["o]mma, Dan. d["o]mme, Goth.
d?mjan. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.]
1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.]
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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