Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deem
Participle: deemed
Gerund: deeming
Indicative
Present
| I | deem |
| you | deem |
| he;she;it | deems |
| we | deem |
| you | deem |
| they | deem |
Perfect
| I | have deemed |
| you | have deemed |
| he;she;it | has deemed |
| we | have deemed |
| you | have deemed |
| they | have deemed |
Past
| I | deemed |
| you | deemed |
| he;she;it | deemed |
| we | deemed |
| you | deemed |
| they | deemed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deemed |
| you | had deemed |
| he;she;it | had deemed |
| we | had deemed |
| you | had deemed |
| they | had deemed |
Future
| I | will deem |
| you | will deem |
| he;she;it | will deem |
| we | will deem |
| you | will deem |
| they | will deem |
Future Perfect
| I | will have deemed |
| you | will have deemed |
| he;she;it | will have deemed |
| we | will have deemed |
| you | will have deemed |
| they | will have deemed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deem |
| you | deem |
| he;she;it | deem |
| we | deem |
| you | deem |
| they | deem |
Perfect
| I | have deemed |
| you | have deemed |
| he;she;it | have deemed |
| we | have deemed |
| you | have deemed |
| they | have deemed |
Imperfect
| I | deemed |
| you | deemed |
| he;she;it | deemed |
| we | deemed |
| you | deemed |
| they | deemed |
Pluperfect
| I | had deemed |
| you | had deemed |
| he;she;it | had deemed |
| we | had deemed |
| you | had deemed |
| they | had deemed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deem |
| you | would deem |
| he;she;it | would deem |
| we | would deem |
| you | would deem |
| they | would deem |
Perfect
| I | would have deemed |
| you | would have deemed |
| he;she;it | would have deemed |
| we | would have deemed |
| you | would have deemed |
| they | would have deemed |
Imperative
| you | deem |
| we | Let's deem |
| you | deem |
Verbs conjugated like 'deem'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deem'
adeem,
deed,
deeme,
reem,
seem,
teem,
addeem,
beam,
bedeem,
beef,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deem; to look upon as; to think of as being
- account, consider, dub, find, interpret, judge, regard, think of, view
- To consider or regard something in a specific manner
- look upon
- judge
- reckon, account, assume, repute, believe, estimate, rule, consider
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
deman, from base of
dom (see doom). Originally "to pronounce judgment" as well as "to form an opinion." The two judges of the Isle of Man were called
deemsters in 17c.
2. From Middle English dēmen (“to judge; to criticize, condemn; to impose a penalty on, sentence; to direct, order; to believe, think, deem”), from Old English dēman (“to decide, decree, deem”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōmijan, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną (“to judge, think”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to set, put”).
3. The word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian Bokmål dømme (“to judge”), Dutch doemen (“to condemn, foredoom”), North Frisian dema (“to judge, recognise”), Norwegian Nynorsk døma (“to judge”), Swedish döma (“to judge, sentence, condemn”), Finnish tuomita (“to judge”). It is also related to doom. See: Proto-Germanic '
*dōmijaną', Dutch '
doemen', Norwegian, nynorsk '
døma', Swedish '
döma', Finnish with old forms '
tuomita'.
Verbs referencing "deem"
Norwegian, nynorsk
døma, Russian
думать.
Sample Sentences
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[...] my consent to the disinterment of the bones of any genteel highwayman (the more genteel, the more cheerfully ), and to their exposure, piecemeal, on any sign-post, gate, or gibbet, that might be deemed a good elevation for the purpose. My reason is as well convinced that these gentry were as utterly worthless and debauched villains, as it is that the laws and jails hardened them in their evil [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The contrast would be a strong one, for it would be between the Good and Evil, the living light and deepest shadow. I abstain from it, because I deem it just to do so. But I only the more earnestly adjure all those whose eyes may rest on these pages, to pause and reflect upon the difference between this town and those great haunts of desperate [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ S’pose we must be resigned; but oh Lord ! how ken I ? If I know'd anything whar you ’ s goin ’, or how they'd sarve you ! Missis says she'll try and ’ deem ye, in a year or two; but Lor ! nobody never comes up that goes down thar ! They kills ’ em ! I 've hearn ’ em tell how dey works ’ em up on dem ar plantations. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of cotton,—downy, soft, benevolently fuzzy and confused. He really pitied George with all his heart, and had a sort of dim and cloudy perception of the style of feeling that agitated him; but he deemed it his duty to go on talking _good_ to him, with infinite pertinacity.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] busily astir, and great preparations going on below. But as everything was very quiet, and the street presented that hopeless aspect with which five o’clock in the morning is familiar elsewhere, I deemed it as well to go to bed again, and went accordingly.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] and seething in George's breast, as he was pensively leaning his head on his hand, watching his wife, as she was adapting to her slender and pretty form the articles of man's attire, in which it was deemed safest she should make her escape.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XL The Martyr “ Deem not the just by Heaven forgot ! Though life its common gifts deny, — Though, with a crushed and bleeding heart, And spurned of man, he goes to die ! For God hath marked each sorrowing day, And [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)