Deem (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. dman, fr. dm doom; akin to OFries. dma, OS. admian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. daema, Sw. domma, Dan. domme, Goth. dmjan. 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.
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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.
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Deem, n.
Opinion; judgment.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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