deem

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O spurner of my love I ne'er of thee so hard would deem * That I of thee should be despised, of thee my property.

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  1. transitive verb To have as an opinion; judge: deemed it was time for a change.
  2. transitive verb To regard as; consider: deemed the results unsatisfactory. See Usage Note at as1.
  3. intransitive verb To have an opinion; think. See Synonyms at consider.

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  • Without limiting the foregoing, we and our designees shall have the right to remove any material that violates this Agreement, that we believe in good faith may create liability for us, or that we deem is otherwise objectionable. —  Advocate.com Daily News
  • Don't they realize that it's a subjective list of what they deem is an awesome boss fight? —  1UP RSS feed
  • Some intensely condemned the phenomenon of what they deem is profiting form the national disaster and even labeled it as the economy stained with tears and blood.
  • Instead it is vitally important to be aware of how these three elements combine within and without the formation of structures which we deem or are deemed to be culture, (Moss, 1998). —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Banks that received taxpayer money have been slashing expenses for events and perks amid growing criticism from politicians about costs they deem wasteful. —  Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English demen, from Old English dēman; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English demen, from Anglo-Saxon dēman (= Old Northumbrian doema = Old Saxon ā-dōmian = OFries. dēma = Dutch doemen = Middle Low German dōmen = Old High German tuomen, Middle High German tuemen = Icelandic dæma = Swedish dömma = Danish dömme = Goth, gadōmjan), judge, deem, from dōm, judgment, doom: see doom, n., and cf. doom, v.
  2. from deem, v.
 

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