Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deemed"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Deem \Deem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deemed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Deeming}.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d?man, fr. d?m
doom; akin to OFries. d?ma, OS. ad?mian, D. doemen, OHG.
tuommen, Icel. d[ae]ma, Sw. d["o]mma, Dan. d["o]mme, Goth.
d?mjan. 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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