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deem

[ deem ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

to form or have an opinion; judge; think:
He did not deem lightly of the issue.

to hold as an opinion; think; regard as:
He deemed it wise to refuse the offer.
Synonyms: believe, hold, consider

deem

/ diːm /

Origin of deem¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English demen, Old English dēman; cognate with Gothic dōmjan, Old High German tuomen; doom

Origin of deem¹

Old English dēman; related to Old High German tuomen to judge, Gothic domjan; see doom

How does the world owe you a private car, priced as you deem acceptable, that didn't exist five years ago?

You rigidly avoid any food you deem to be “unhealthy,” such as those containing fat, preservatives, additives or animal products.

The panelists then proceed to screen out anyone they deem unfit for marriage.

Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to improve institutions we deem defective.

One can hardly pay literature a greater compliment than to deem it dangerous, be it said even in passing.

This rather is, I should deem, the more perilous, and a plainer and better object for philosophical attack.

Again, they deem it wise to get a colour at any price, which can only be done in our day by the use of spirit varnish.

She did not deem it worth while to go in search of any of the fashionable acquaintances from whom she had withdrawn herself.

All this sounds like a chapter from the dark ages, of long, long ago, and we do not deem such things possible now.

But why deem any argument necessary to show the unrighteousness of colonization?

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