deem
[di:m]
vt. ,

vi. ,

1. He deems it his duty to help his needy friends.
   助穷。
2. I deem it proper to refuse.
   看还拒绝。
3. I deem it proper to refuse.
   看还拒绝。

deem
[ verb ]
keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
<verb.cognition> hold take for view as
take for grantedview as important
hold these truths to be self-evident
I hold him personally responsible




Deem \Deem\, n.
Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] --Shak.


Deem \Deem\ (d[=e]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Deemed} (d[=e]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Deeming}.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS.
d[=e]man, fr. d[=o]m doom; akin to OFries. d[=e]ma, OS.
ad[=o]mian, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d[ae]ma, Sw.
d["o]mma, Dan. d["o]mme, Goth. d[=o]mjan. See {Doom}, n., and
cf. {Doom}, v.]
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.


Deem \Deem\, v. i.
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.