Deem
Deem (dēm) , transitive verb
[Old English demen to judge, condemn, Anglo-Saxon dēman, from dōm doom; akin to OFries. dēma, Old Saxon adōmian, Dutch doemen, Old High German tuommen, Icelandic dama, Swedish domma, Danish domme, Gothic dōmjan. See Doom, n., and compare Doom, v.]
1.
To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obsolete]
Claudius... Was demed for to hang upon a tree.
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.
Deem , intransitive verb
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?
2.
To pass judgment. [Obsolete] — Spenser
Deem , noun
Opinion; judgment. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare