Deem, n. Opinion; judgment.
[Obs.] Shak.
Deem (dēm), v. 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,
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.