deem

Verb

Synonyms: hold view as take for

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view“take for granted”“view as important”“hold these truths to be self-evident”“I hold him personally responsible”Synonyms: hold view as take for

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Deem \Deem\, v. i.

1.To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose. [1913 Webster]

And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before?— Emerson.[1913 Webster]

2.To pass judgment. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Deem \Deem\ (d[=e]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed (d[=e]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d[=e]man, fr. d[=o]m doom; akin to OFries. d[=e]ma, OS. ad[=o]mian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d[ae]ma, Sw. d["o]mma, Dan. d["o]mme, Goth. d[=o]mjan. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.]

1.To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

2.To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard. [1913 Webster]

For never can I deem him less him less than god.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

Deem \Deem\, n. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]