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English Dictionary: Deem by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deem
v
  1. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible"
    Synonym(s): deem, hold, view as, take for
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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[91]ma, Sw. d[94]mma, Dan. d[94]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Deem \Deem\, n.
      Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] --Shak.
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