deem Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
    take for; hold; view as.
    • take for granted
    • view as important
    • hold these truths to be self-evident
    • I hold him personally responsible

WordNet

Deem transitive verb
Etymology
OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. dman, fr. dm doom; akin to OFries. dma, OS. admian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. dæma, Sw. dömma, Dan. dömme, Goth. dmjan. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Deemed ; present participle & verbal noun Deeming
Definitions
  1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. Obs.
    Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. Chaucer.
  2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
    For never can I deem him less him less than god. Dryden.
Deem intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
    And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before? Emerson.
  2. To pass judgment. Obs. Spenser.
Deem noun
Definitions
  1. Opinion; judgment. Obs. Shak.

Webster 1913