DEEMS

Verb

deems

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deem

Noun

deems

plural of deem

Anagrams

• Medes, demes, meeds, seem'd, semed

Proper noun

Deems

plural of Deem

Anagrams

• Medes, demes, meeds, seem'd, semed

Source: Wiktionary


DEEM

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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