GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 3 definitions

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   Deem , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. dēman, fr. dōm doom; akin to OFries. dēma, OS. adōmian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. dæma, Sw. dömma, Dan. dömme, Goth. dōmjan. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.]
    To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.]
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   Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree.
   Chaucer.
   
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   To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
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   For never can I deem him less him less than god.
   Dryden.
   
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   Deem, v. i.
   To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
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   And deemest thou as those who pore,
   With aged eyes, short way before?
   Emerson.
   
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   To pass judgment. [Obs.]
   Spenser.
   
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   Deem, n. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.]
   Shak.
   
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