deem

Speech parts

1. deem - Noun

2. deem - Verb

4. Deem - Proper noun

Meaning

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

To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.

To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.

To pass judgment.

Opinion; judgment.

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I can not sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go. Charles Stuart Calverley

Ah, happiness courts the light so we deem the world is gay. But misery hides aloof so we deem that misery there is none. Herman Melville

As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard. Felix Frankfurter

Deem not life a thing of consequence. For look at the yawning void of the future, and at that other limitless space, the past. Marcus Aurelius

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Abraham Lincoln

For in truth it is life that gives unto life-while you, who deem yourself a giver, are but a witness. Kahlil Gibran

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