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Webster 1913 Edition

Deem

Deem

(dēm)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Deemed
(dēmd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Deeming
.]
[OE.
demen
to judge, condemn, AS.
dēman
, fr.
dōm
doom; akin to OFries.
dēma
, OS.
adōmian
, D.
doemen
, OHG.
tuommen
, Icel.
dæma
, Sw.
dömma
, Dan.
dömme
, Goth.
dōmjan
. See
Doom
,
Noun.
, and cf.
Doom
,
Verb.
]
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

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
Opinion; judgment.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Deem

DEEM

, v.t.
1.
To think; to judge; to be of opinion; to conclude on consideration; as, he deems it prudent to be silent.
For never can I deem him less than god.
The shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country. Acts xxvii.
2.
To estimate.

DEEM

,
Noun.
Opinion; judgment; surmise.

Definition 2024

deem

deem

See also: dêem

English

Verb

deem ‎(third-person singular simple present deems, present participle deeming, simple past and past participle deemed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To judge; pass judgement on; sentence; doom.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To adjudge; decree.
  3. (transitive, obsolete) To dispense (justice); administer (law).
  4. (transitive, intransitive) To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; decide or believe on consideration; suppose.
    • Emerson
      And deemest thou as those who pore, / With aged eyes, short way before?
  5. (transitive) To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; evaluate according to one's beliefs; account.
    She deemed his efforts insufficient.
  6. (intransitive) To have or hold as a (personal) opinion; judge; think.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

deem ‎(plural deems)

  1. An opinion; judgement; surmise.

Anagrams

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German themu, demu, from Proto-Germanic *þammai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːm/
    • Rhymes: -eːm

Determiner

deem m, n ‎(unstressed dem)

  1. dative of deen
  2. dative of dat

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dative deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)

Scots

Etymology

Scots form of English dame.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dim/

Noun

deem ‎(plural deems)

  1. woman, dame
  2. maid (especially a kitchen maid)

Etymology

From Middle English demen, from Old English dēman ‎(“to judge, determine, reckon, decide, decree, sentence, condemn, assign, deem, consider, think, estimate, compute, examine, prove, doom, condemn, praise, glorify, tell, declare”), from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną ‎(“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to set, put”). Cognate with North Frisian dema ‎(“to judge, recognise”), Dutch doemen ‎(“to condemn, foredoom”), Danish dømme ‎(“to judge”) and Swedish döma ‎(“to judge, sentence, condemn”). Related to doom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːm/
  • Rhymes: -iːm

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