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DEEM
deem, hold, view as, take for
(verb) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deem (third-person singular simple present deems, present participle deeming, simple past and past participle deemed)
(transitive, obsolete) To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
Synonym: judge
(transitive, obsolete) To adjudge, to decree.
Synonym: judge
(transitive, obsolete) To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
Synonym: judge
(ditransitive) To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
Synonyms: consider, Thesaurus:deem
(ambitransitive) To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
Noun
deem (plural deems)
An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
Anagrams
• Mede, deme, meed
Proper noun
Deem (plural Deems)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Deem is the 9917th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3258 individuals. Deem is most common among White (94.78%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Mede, deme, meed
Source: Wiktionary
Deem, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.] Etym: [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d, fr. d doom; akin to OFries. d, OS. ad, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. dæma, Sw. dömma, Dan. dömme, Goth. d. 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.
Definition: Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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