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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. |