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deem¹
- /diːm/ UK
- /dim/ US
Rhymes with -iːm
Where it comes from
From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”).
The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It is also related to doom.
verb deems · deeming · deemed · deem
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To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
She deemed his efforts insufficient.
Similar: consider
- To think, judge, or have or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose. It may ſeeme a rude diſpoſition that ſorteth not with the quality of the age; and pollicy deemeth that vertue a vice, that modeſty, ſimplicity, that reſolotenes, diſſolutenes, that conformeth not it ſelfe with a ſupple and deft correſpondence to the preſent time.
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To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
[Section] 39. Being found by a constable on a highway, street, or public place, suspected of coming from land where he has been unlawfully in search or pursuit of game, and game or nets, &c. being found in his possession or in a cart, &c.,—the justices deeming the game unlawfully obtained from some
Similar: adjudge, condemn, rule on, adjudicate, arbitrate, deem, doom, hear, judge, settle, try, convict
- To adjudge, to decree. And it is hereby enacted, that in any zillah, in which the Governor in Council of Fort St. George deems it expedient to establish the zillah court, and the court or courts under subordinate judges or principal sudder ameens, at separate stations, it shall be competent to the said Governor in Council
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To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
Similar: judge
Similar: account, appraise, count, esteem, see, censure, consider, deem, hold, dub, find, interpret, judge, look upon, regard as, respect, think of, view as
deem²
- /diːm/ UK
- /dim/ US
Rhymes with -iːm
Where it comes from
From Middle English deme, from the verb (see above).
noun deems
- An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.
Deem³
proper noun Deems
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: take for, hold, view as, adjudicate, prosecute, see, treat, assess, decide, believe, estimate, judge, reckon, designate, opine, seem
Translations
Every language
verb to hold in belief or estimation
| Español | considerar, concluir, estimar, identificar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 見なす minasu |
| Português | considerar, estimar |
| Français | estimer, croire |
| Deutsch | halten, erachten |
| Italiano | considerare, valutare, credere |
| Ελληνικά | θεωρώ theoró |
| Русский | полага́ть polagátʹ, счита́ть sčitátʹ, ду́мать dúmatʹ |
| العربية | حَكَم ḥakam |
verb to have or hold as an opinion
| Español | considerar, juzgar, judgar |
|---|---|
| Português | considerar |
| Français | considérer, croire |
| Deutsch | erachten, ansehen |
| Italiano | considerare, ritenere, reputare |
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title = {deem},
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