Deem definition
To regard as; consider.
Deemed the results unsatisfactory.
verb
To suppose or believe.
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To think, believe, or judge.
verb
The definition of deem is to believe or judge.
An example of deem is thinking a child has done something wrong when they have a guilty look on their face.
verb
To consider or assume that a thing has the attributes or qualities of something else; for example, for certain legal purposes, a corporation is deemed to be a person.
verb
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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.
verb
To have an opinion; think.
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Origin of deem
- Middle English demen from Old English dēman dhē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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 *dʰē-, *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put, stell, lay”). Cognate with North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), Danish dømme (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Russian думать (dúmat, “I think, consider, judge”) and probably Albanian them (“I say, believe, deem”). Related to doom.
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