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(dm), v. t.[imp. & p. p.Deemed (dmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Deeming.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. dman, fr. dm doom; akin to OFries. dma, OS. admian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. dma, Sw. dmma, Dan. dmme, Goth. dmjan. 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.Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak. スポンサード リンク
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