deem
- to form or have an opinion; judge; think: He did not deem lightly of the issue.
- to hold as an opinion; think; regard: He deemed it wise to refuse the offer.
Origin of deem
Synonyms for deem
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allow, feel, assume, suspect, expect, presume, suppose, believe, guess, appraise, surmise, calculate, reckon, divine, conceive, sense, account, conjecture, know, creditExamples from the Web for deemed
Contemporary Examples of deemed
The event was a devastating one for Sierra Leone, deemed a “super-spreader” by The New York Times.
One of the stories, “On the Hill,” was deemed “a work of genius.”
The instant you are deemed a candidate for arrest, you become not so much a person as a “perp.”
In the weird world of fashion, that means she is deemed ‘plus-size.’
Some three dozen had answered affirmatively to both and were deemed “fever with travel” jobs.
Historical Examples of deemed
To serve your friend would have been, I deemed, a labour of love.
They knew not what deed it was that they deemed themselves resolved to do.
Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales")Nathaniel Hawthorne
Every thought was bent to attain the end, no labour was deemed to arduous.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
This fact has been doubted; but why should It be deemed incredible?
At this intolerable assertion as he deemed it, Edward Gilder was reanimated.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
deem
- (tr) to judge or considerI do not deem him worthy of this honour
Word Origin for deem
Word Origin and History for deemed
past tense of deem (q.v.).
deem
Old English deman "to judge, condemn, think, compute," from root of dom (see doom (n.)). Originally "to pronounce judgment" as well as "to form an opinion." The two judges of the Isle of Man were called deemsters in 17c., a title formerly common throughout England and Scotland and preserved in the surname Dempster.