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Thesaurus: deem

To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.

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  1. v. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.
  2. v. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
  3. v. i. To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
  4. v. i. To pass judgment.
  5. n. Opinion; judgment.
  6. v. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
  7. 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. 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. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak.
  8. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak.
  9. v:100 v. keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view