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Antonyms for deem

Grammar : Verb
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Phonetic Transcription : dim


Definition of deem

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb regard, consider
Example sentences :
  • It was my duty to sound the pumps, but this I did not deem necessary.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Nevertheless, clever men are less sentimental than we deem them.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Can a woman who feels as I do deem any earthly good a sacrifice for him she loves?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Deem not this collocation simply a burlesque on Scientific categories.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • But you would not deem it vain if you were the woman now resting on your bosom.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • The time will come when you will deem that single word everything.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • Mr. Jefferson did not deem them worthy the name of monuments.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • At every point but one the Germans had a right to deem the day successful.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • As for the King, I did not deem it fit that he should be consulted in the matter.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
  • But they did not deem it necessary to make such a discovery then.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

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