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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