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deem
     1. v. (transitive, obsolete) To judge, to pass judgment on; to doom, to sentence.
     2. v. (transitive, obsolete) To adjudge, to decree.
     3. v. (transitive, obsolete) To dispense (justice); to administer (law).
     4. v. To hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
           She deemed his efforts insufficient.
     5. v. To think, judge, or hold as an opinion; to decide or believe on consideration; to suppose.
     6. v. (intransitive) To have or hold as an opinion; to judge; to think.
     7. n. An opinion, a judgment, a surmise.

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Example Sentences

You may deem me romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend. 



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