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Webster 1913 Edition
Deem
Deem
(dēm)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deemed
(dēmd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Deeming
.] 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.
Deem
,Verb.
I.
1.
To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
And
With aged eyes, short way before?
deemest
thou as those who pore,With aged eyes, short way before?
Emerson.
2.
To pass judgment.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Deem
,Noun.
Opinion; judgment.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Deem
DEEM
, v.t.1.
To think; to judge; to be of opinion; to conclude on consideration; as, he deems it prudent to be silent.For never can I deem him less than god.
The shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii.
2.
To estimate.DEEM
,Noun.