About The Word Deem
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Deem
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What's The Definition Of Deem?
[v] 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"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Deem: hold | take for | view as Related Terms | Find terms related to Deem: account | account as | adjudge | adjudicate | allow | assume | be afraid | be judicious | believe | calculate | conceive | conclude | conjecture | consider | count | credit | daresay | deduce | divine | dream | esteem | estimate | exercise judgment | expect | express an opinion | fancy | feel | form an opinion | gather | grant | guess | have a hunch | have an idea | have an impression | have an inkling | have the idea | hold | hold as | imagine | infer | judge | know | let | let be | look upon as | maintain | new | opine | pine | prefigure | presume | presuppose | presurmise | provisionally accept | reckon | regard | repute | say | sense | set down as | suppose | surmise | suspect | suspicion | take | take for | take for granted | take it | take to be | think | think of | trow | understand | view as | ween See Also | consider | reckon | regard | see | view Deem In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \Deem\, n. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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