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Pronunciation : Deem
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d, fr. d doom; akin to OFries. d, OS. ad, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d?ma, Sw. d?mma, Dan. d?mme, Goth. d. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.]
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Deem
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Deem
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913