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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Deem \Deem\ (d[=e]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deemed} (d[=e]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Deeming}.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS.
d[=e]man, fr. d[=o]m doom; akin to OFries. d[=e]ma, OS.
ad[=o]mian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d[ae]ma, Sw.
d["o]mma, Dan. d["o]mme, Goth. d[=o]mjan. See {Doom}, n., and
cf. {Doom}, v.]
1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.]
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Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree.
--Chaucer.
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2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in
opinion; to regard.
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For never can I deem him less him less than god.
--Dryden.
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