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deem \deem\ d=em, v. t. imp.  p. p. deemed d=emd; p.
   pr.  vb. n. deeming. oe. demen to judge, condemn, as.
   d=eman, fr. d=om doom; akin to ofries. d=ema, os.
   ad=omian, d. doemen, ohg. tuommen, icel. daema, sw.
   d"omma, dan. d"omme, goth. d=omjan. see doom, n., and
   cf. doom, v.
   1. to decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. obs.
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            claudius . . . was demed for to hang upon a tree.
                                                  --chaucer.
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   2. to account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in
      opinion; to regard.
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            for never can i deem him less him less than god.
                                                  --dryden.
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deemed deeming doom 

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