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Deem

Definition: Deem

Deem

Verb

1. Keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "deem" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Deem

Synonyms: hold (v), take for (v), view as (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Deem

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Belief

View as, consider as, take as, hold as, conceive as, regard as, esteem as, deem as, look upon as, account as, set down as; surmise.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Deem

English words defined with "deem": considerDeemed, Deemingreckon, regardseeview. (references)
Specialty definitions using "deem": HaltiosSanitary and phytosanitary measures and agreements, Skopts, Skopti. (references)
Etymologies containing "deem": Addeem. (references)

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Familiar Quotations: Deem

AuthorQuotation

Plato

They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Deem

AuthorDateQuotation

Magna Carta

1215

And if we shall not have corrected the transgression (or, in the event of our being out of the realm, if our justiciar shall not have corrected it) within forty days, reckoning from the time it has been intimated to us (or to our justiciar, if we should be out of the realm), the four barons aforesaid shall refer that matter to the rest of the five and twenty barons, and those five and twenty barons shall, together with the community of the whole realm, distrain and distress us in all possible ways, namely, by seizing our castles, lands, possessions, and in any other way they can, until redress has been obtained as they deem fit, saving harmless our own person, and the persons of our queen and children; and when redress has been obtained, they shall resume their old relations towards us. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The tribunal may, if necessary, fix also the amount which it may deem just should be paid by reason of the use of the rights during the war. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Deem

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

I deem it not likely that he will betray the secret.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

As this is the history of many minds of our time, we deem it useful to follow these phases step by step, and to indicate them all.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Deem

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Convention on the Rights of the Child they deem a priority. (references)

The SETA or the Director-General may set any terms and conditions for funding they deem necessary and they will monitor the funded program. (references)

Feeling the recent pressures of free-market competition, they deem necessary the improvement of their facilities and the provision of better services for their patients. (references)

Civil Liberties

Yemen

However, authorities monitor foreign publications, banning those that they deem harmful to national interests. (references)

Thailand

Stations occasionally censor or "black out" portions of programming that they deem politically sensitive or pornographic. (references)

Nicaragua

The law also contains clauses that deem uncredentialed journalists to be vagrants, subject to fine if caught practicing their profession. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

All these factors keep Bangladesh from reaching the minimum 7.0% sustained annual economic growth rate experts deem necessary to lift it out of poverty. (references)

Cyprus

The aforementioned liberalization measures do not affect the obligation of all investors to register their investments with the Central Bank and to furnish it with any information and statistical data the Central Bank may deem necessary. (references)

Korea

Many large Korean businesses and venture companies actively seek executive training programs in the U.S. for their staff since they value the programs offered at U.S. higher education institutions for what they deem as high in quality, offering an international scope, and providing novel management curricula. (references)

Human Rights

Italy

When acting as prosecutors, judges can appeal verdicts, including sentences they deem too lenient. (references)

Romania

Security officials may enter residences without proper authorization from a prosecutor if they deem a threat to national security to be "imminent;" however, such actions are rare. (references)

Pakistan

Hadd punishments regarding sexual offences are most severe for married Muslims; for example, if a married Muslim man confesses to rape or there are four adult male Muslim witnesses to the act, the accused must be stoned to death; if the accused rapist is not Muslim or married, if he confesses, or if the act is witnessed by four adult males (not all Muslim), the accused must be sentenced to 100 lashes with a whip, and such other punishment, including death, as the court may deem fit. (references)

Political Economy

BRAZIL

In June 2001, the United States agreed to terminate the WTO proceeding, without prejudice, based on Brazil's commitment to hold talks with the United States should it deem it necessary to grant a compulsory license. (references)

Travel

Vietnam

Visitors are strongly advised not to have any information on their computers that the authorities of Vietnam might deem pornographic or politically sensitive. (references)

Worker Rights

Suriname

However, there is no law authorizing workers to refuse to work in circumstances they deem unsafe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Deem

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801But considering the late manifestations of her policy toward foreign nations, I deem it a duty deliberately and solemnly to declare my opinion that whether we negotiate with her or not, vigorous preparations for war will be alike indispensable.

James Monroe

1817-1825Meeting in you a new Congress, I deem it proper to present this view of public affairs in greater detail than might otherwise be necessary.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837I deem it my duty again to call your attention to the condition of the District of Columbia.

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Doing this I deem to be only a simple duty on my part, and I shall perform it so far as practicable unless my rightful masters, the American people, shall withhold the requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961My friends, before I begin the expression of those thoughts that I deem appropriate to this moment, would you permit me the privilege of uttering a little private prayer of my own.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Deem

"Deem" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 50.91% of the time. "Deem" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (base form)50.91%5645,296
Lexical Verb (infinitive)39.09%4352,181
Noun (proper)6.36%7133,076
Noun (singular)2.73%3202,518
Noun (common)0.91%1339,140
                    Total100.00%110N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Deem

The following table summarizes the usage of "deem" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
DeemLast name1,00010,105
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Deem

Expressions using "deem": deem highly of deem likely deem smth. necessary deem suitable. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Deem

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

deem

17

deem realty

5

bill deem

4

mile deem

4

deem epa

2

george deem

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Deem

Language Translations for "deem"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

meen (account, accredit, believe, guess, presume, suppose, surmise), kyk na (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), kyk (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), glo (account, accredit, believe), dink (account, do think, opine, think), besien (consider, look, regard, see, view, watch), ag (account, accredit, acuity, advertence, advertency, ah, attention, believe, consider, eight, esteem, look, oh, opine, ow, regard, think, think well of, view, watch, woe), aankyk (consider, look, regard, view, watch). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

mendoj (believe, conceive, consider, contemplate, deliberate, dream up, elaborate, expect, fancy, feel, figure, guess, hold, imagine, judge, mean, opine, ponder, rate, reason, reckon for, reflect, regard, repute, say, study, suppose, take, think, Trow, try, understand, ween), jam i mendimit, besue (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏حسب (calculate, cast, cipher, compute, figure, from, gather, in his element, number, on, pursuant to, rank, reason, reckon, score, tally, tell), ‏إعتقد (believe, calculate, conceive, consider, imagine, reckon, say, suppose, think), ‏إعتبر (account, adjudge, assume, consider, count, externalize, figure, hold the view, look at, make, number, ponder, rate, reckon, see, set, treat), ‏رأى رأيا. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

считам (conceive, esteem, guess, hold, look on, make, reckon, regard, repute, see, suppose, think, vote), смятам (adjudge, calculate, cipher, consider, count, feel, figure, find, guess, judge, number, opine, reckon, regard, see, set down, take, ween, work). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

veure (consider, look, regard, see, to see, view, watch), mirar (consider, look, regard, view, watch), creure (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

视为 (Deemed, Deeming). (various references)

   

Czech

  

považovat (call, consider, count, find, reckon, regard), pokládat (put down), mínit (aim, mean, opine). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tro (account, accredit, belief, belief measure, believe, faithful, guess, loyal, presume, suppose, surmise, upright), se på (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), betragte (consider, glance, look, look at, regard, to look, view, watch). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

menen (account, accredit, behind believe, believe, guess, presume, suppose, surmise), houden voor (account, accredit, behind believe, believe), geloven (account, accredit, behind believe, believe, opine, think). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

rigardi kiel (consider, see as), rigardi (consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), opinii (opine, think), kredi (believe). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

trúgva (account, accredit, believe), líta at (consider, look, regard, view, watch), hyggja at (consider, look, regard, view, watch), halda (account, accredit, believe, celebrate, guess, hang onto, have a subscription, hold, presume, retain, suppose, surmise, take in), eygfara (consider, contemplate, envisage, look, look at, regard, view, watch). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرض کردن (Adjudge, Aim, Assume, Count, Hypothesize, Imagine, Posit, Presume, Put, Repute, Suppose), پنداشتن (Assume, Coneive, Count, Imagine, Suppose, Take), خیال کردن (Think). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

uskoa (account, accredit, believe, confide, entrust to, trust, trust a person with, trust oneself to), katsella (be looking on, consider, look, look on, regard, view, watch), arvella (about, account, consider, hesitate, opine, suppose, think). (various references)

   

French

  

croire. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

miene (account, opine, think), leauwe (account, accredit, belief, believe, religion), besjen (consider, look, regard, to sightsee, view, watch), achtsje (account, consider, look, opine, regard, think, view, watch), achtenearje (account, consider, look, opine, regard, think, view, watch). (various references)

   

German

  

erachten (account, calculate, consider, count, figure, find, judge, opine, think, work out), befinden (account, be, be situated, condition, decide, emotional state, find, make a decision, opine, opinion, state of health, think). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

θεωρώ (assume, consider, contemplate, count, envisage, judge, regard, repute, speculate, to approve beforehand, view). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

besue (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לסבור (believe, mean, opine, reckon, suppose, surmise, think). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vél (believe, imagine, opine, presume, reckon, think, to calculate, to conceit, to guess, to presume, to put down, to surmise, to trow), tekint (glance, look, to consider, to look, to reckon, to regard, to take for granted). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

trúa (account, accredit, believe), mér finnst (account, opine, think). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menganggap (categorize, look upon, regard as). (various references)

   

Irish

  

creid (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Italian

  

credere (account, accredit, believe, calculate, consider oneself, credit, imagine, reckon, suppose, think, trust, understand), guardare (be careful, behold, consider, defend, eye, face, gaze at, glance at, have a look at, look, look after, look at, look at oneself, look on, look out on, observe, regard, see, to look, view, watch). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

幸"である (to be very glad, to deem a favor). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

"うじ"である (to be very glad, to deem a favor). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

간주하십시" (no-account). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

tro (account, accredit, belief, believe, faith), synes (account, find, look, opine, think). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

weta (consider, look, regard, view, watch), weita (consider, look, regard, view, watch), wak (consider, look, regard, view, watch), opiná (account, opine, think), kere (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eemday

   

Polish

  

wierzyć, patrzeć, mniemać, śadzieć. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

acreditar (accredit, accreditation, accreditation procedure, believe, come to believe, consider, credit, guarantee, take in, think, to accredit, Trow), julgar (accept, account, accredit, adjudge, adjudicate, allow, arbitrate, award, believe, conceive, count, decide, fancy, find, guessing, hold, imagine, judge, measure, opine, repute, suppose, think, try, understand), crer (accredit, believe, confide, entrust, fancy, have confidence in, judge, suppose, Trow, trust, ween). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

socoti (account, believe, calculate, call, cipher out, compute, consider, count, esteem, examine, fancy, feel, figure, find, guess, hold, imagine, judge, make, number, put, rate, reckon, regard, suppose, tally, think, work out), judeca (adjudge, adjudicate, calculate, censure, condemn, criticize, discuss, give, judge, ratiocinate, reason, slate, think, try), gândi (believe, hesitate, hope, imagine, reason, reflect, ruminate, suppose, think), crede (account, accredit, assume, believe, consider, credit, expect, fancy, figure, guess, imagine, put credit in, reckon, seeing is believing, suppose, think), considera (call, consider, count, debate, describe as, esteem, examine, fancy, feel, find, give smb. credit for, guess, hold, interpret, judge, make, make out, personalize, put, rank, rate, regard, see, think), aprecia (appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, determine, estimate, feel, gauge, guess, judge, measure, prize, put, rate, reckon, score, see, value, weigh). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

считать (account, be of the opinion, consider, consider [], count, date, deeming, esteem, guess, look on, number, rate, reckon, regard, regarded, think, think of as, think to be), полагать (believe, count, guess, opine, reckon, repute, suppose, think, trow). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

seall (behold, consider, look, regard, see, view, watch), saoil (a mark, imagine, suppose, think), creid (account, accredit, believe), coimhead (appear, consider, emerge, look, looking, observing, perform, regard, view, watch, watching), amhairc (consider, look, observe, regard, view, watch). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

smatrati (consider, look on, regard, take, think, ween), misliti (opine, reckon, think). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

creer (account, accredit, believe, consider, create, depend, expect, fancy, guess, hold against, hope, look at, make, suppose, think, think over, trust), ver (come on, consider, envisage, eye, hear, lie back, look, look at, notice, regard, see, see into, try, view, watch, witness), observar (behold, catch one's eye, catch sight, consider, eye, keep, look, look at, mind, monitor, note, notice, observe, preserve, regard, remark, sight, spy, view, watch), mirar (consider, eye, glance, look, look about, look after, look around, look at, look on, look to, peer, regard, see, survey, touch on, view, watch), contemplar (account, consider, contemplate, esteem, gaze at, look, look at, regard, take into account, view, watch). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

waki (consider, look, regard, view, watch), luku (consider, look, regard, view, watch), bribi (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

anse (account, allow, consider, feel, find, hold, look on, opine, reckon, repute, think). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

tignán (consider, look, regard, see, view, watch), naniniwal (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dikkate almak (consider, consult, debate, Mark, pay attention to, reckon among, reckon with, regard, take account of, take cognizance of, take into account, take notice), zannetmek (conjecture, guess, suppose, surmise, take for, think), varsaymak (conjecture, count, hypothesize, posit, presume, reckon as, reckon for, say, suppose), saymak (account, assume, calculate, class, consider, count, count down, count in, count off, count up, enumerate, honor, honour, number, number off, number to, rank, rate, reckon, reckon as, reckon for, regard, regard as, repute, respect, suppose, tally, think, treat as), inanmak (be persuaded that, be sold on, believe, buy, credit, esteem, give credence to, put faith in, rely, swallow, trust), farzetmek (assume, call, fancy, imagine, opine, posit, presume, reckon as, reckon for, repute, say, suppose, theorize), bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, sit in, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), ínanmak (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

гадати (allot, conjecture, consider, opine, propose, suppose), вважати (account, allot, allow, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, consider, count, opine, posit, rate, repute, set down, suspect, think), думати (dream, have in mind, imagine, presume, ratiocinate, think). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

edrych (behold, consider, look, look at, regard, view, watch), credu (account, accredit, believe). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

paktik (consider, look, regard, view, watch). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

-ethemba (account, accredit, believe, confide, entrust, have confidence in, have faith, have faith in, hope, trust), -bukela (consider, look, regard, view, watch). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Deem

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

credere, digna, dignareris, dignaretur, dignas, dignatus, digneris, dignetur, digno, opinari, rata, ratus, spectare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Deem

LanguageDateSourceEzekiel Chapter 44, Verse 24
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai epi krisin aimatoV outoi episthsontai tou diakrinein ta dikaiwmata mou dikaiwsousin kai ta krimata mou krinousin kai ta nomima mou kai ta prostagmata mou en pasaiV taiV eortaiV mou fulaxontai kai ta sabbata mou agiasousin
Latin405VulgateEt cum fuerit controversia stabunt in iudiciis meis et iudicabunt leges meas et praecepta mea in omnibus sollemnitatibus meis custodient et sabbata mea sanctificabunt
Middle English1395WyclifAnd whann debate shal be, thei shuln stonde in my domys, and thei shuln deem my lawis; and thei shuln kepe my heestis in alle my solempnyteese, and thei shuln halewe my sabothis.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
Basic English1964OgdenIn any cause, they are to be in the position of judges, judging in harmony with my decisions: they are to keep my laws and my rules in all my fixed feasts; and they are to keep my Sabbaths holy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Deem

LanguageEzekiel Chapter 44, Verse 24
BulgarianИ в препирните те нека стоят да съдят; според Моите съдби нека ги съдят; и нека пазят законите Ми и повеленията Ми във всичките Ми определени празници; и нека освещават съботите Ми.
CebuanoUg kong adunay usa ka pagkalalis, sila motindog sa paghukom niini; sumala sa akong mga tulomanon sa magahusay niini; ug sila magabantay sa akong mga sugo ug sa akong kabalaoran sa tanan ko nga mga tinudlong pangilin: ug sila magabalaan sa akong mga adlawng igpapahulay.
Chinese有 爭 訟 的 事 、 他 們 應 當 站 立 判 斷 . 要 按 我 的 典 判 斷 . 在 我 一 切 的 節 期 必 守 我 的 律 法 、 條 例 . 也 必 以 我 的 安 息 日 為 聖 日 。
CroatianU parnicama oni neka budu suci: neka sude po mojim zakonima; i neka èuvaju zakone i uredbe o svim mojim blagdanima i neka svetkuju moje subote.
DanishVed Retstrætter skal de optræde som Dommere; efter mine Lovbud skal de dømme. De skal overholde mine Love og Vedtægter på alle mine Højtidsdage og helligholde mine Sabbater.
DutchEn over een twistzaak zullen zij staan om te richten; naar Mijn rechten zullen zij hen richten; en zij zullen Mijn wetten en Mijn inzettingen op al Mijn gezette hoogtijden houden, en Mijn sabbatten heiligen.
FinnishRiita-asioissa he seisokoot tuomitsemassa ja tuomitkoot niissä minun oikeuksieni mukaan. Minun lakejani ja käskyjäni he noudattakoot kaikkien minun juhlieni vietossa ja pyhittäkööt minun sapattini.
FrenchIls seront juges dans les contestations, et ils jugeront d`après mes lois. Ils observeront aussi mes lois et mes ordonnances dans toutes mes fêtes, et ils sanctifieront mes sabbats.
GermanUnd wo eine Sache vor sie kommt, sollen sie stehen und richten und nach meinen Rechten sprechen und sollen meine Gebote und Sitten halten und alle meine Feste halten und meine Sabbate heiligen.
Haitian CreoleLè yon moun gen kont ak yon lòt, se prèt yo ki va jije yo dapre sa ki nan lalwa mwen an. Se yo ki pou òganize tout fèt mwen yo dapre lòd ak regleman mwen bay. Jou repo m' yo, yo pa gen dwa fè ankenn travay.
HungarianÉs peres ügyben õk álljanak elõ ítélni, az én törvényeim szerint ítéljék meg azt; és tanításaimat s rendeléseimet megtartsák minden ünnepemen, és az én szombataimat megszenteljék.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau timbul perselisihan perkara hukum, mereka harus menyelesaikannya sesuai dengan hukum-hukum-Ku. Mereka harus merayakan pesta-pesta agama, menurut aturan-aturan dan hukum-hukum-Ku, serta menghormati Sabat sebagai hari yang khusus untuk-Ku.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan mereka itu akan berdiri atas segala acara akan memutuskan hukum seperti hakim seturut segala hukum-Ku, dan hendaklah dipeliharakannya segala hukum-Ku dan segala syariat-Ku dan dipegangnya segala masa raya-Ku dan disucikannya segala sabat-Ku.
ItalianNelle liti essi saranno i giudici e decideranno secondo le mie leggi. In tutte le mie feste osserveranno le mie leggi e i miei statuti e santificheranno i miei sabati.
Korean송 사 하 " 일 을 재 판 하 되 내 규 례 대 로 재 판 것 이 며 내 모 " 한 기 에 " 내 법 도 와 율 례 를 지 킬 것 이 며 또 내 안 식 일 을 거 룩 케 하 며
MaoriI te tautohetohenga hoki me tu ratou hei whakawa; kia rite ano a ratou whakawa ki aku whakawa; me pupuri e ratou aku ture, me aku tikanga i roto i aku hakari whakarite katoa; me whakatapu ano e ratou aku hapati.
Modern GreekΚαι εν ταις αμφισβητησεσιν ουτοι θελουσιν ιστασθαι δια να κρινωσι· κατα τας κρισεις μου θελουσι κρινει αυτας και θελουσι φυλαττει τα νομιμα μου και τα διαταγματα μου εν πασαις ταις εορταις μου· και θελουσιν αγιαζει τα σαββατα μου.
NorwegianI rettssaker skal de stå frem og dømme, efter mine forskrifter skal de dømme i dem; mine lover og bud skal de holde på alle mine høitider, og mine sabbater skal de holde hellige.
PortugueseNo caso de uma controvérsia, assistirão a ela para a julgarem; pelos meus juízos a julgarão. E observarão as minhas leis e os meus estatutos em todas as minhas festas fixas, e santificarão os meus sábados.   
RumanianVor judeca kn neknyelegeri, wi vor hotqrk dupq legile Mele. Vor pqzi deasemenea legile wi poruncile Mele, la toate sqrbqtorile Mele, wi vor sfinyi Sabatele Mele.
RussianрТЙ У ПТОЩИ "ЕМБИ ПОЙ "ПМЦОЩ ТЙУХФУФЧПЧБФШ Ч УХ"Е, Й П ХУФБЧБН нПЙН УХ"ЙФШ ЙИ, Й ОБ'МА"БФШ ЪБЛПОЩ нПЙ Й ПУФБОПЧМЕОЙС нПЙ П ЧУЕИ ТБЪ"ОЙЛБИ нПЙИ, Й УЧСФП ИТБОЙФШ УХ''ПФЩ нПЙ.
Spanish"Ellos estarán para juzgar en los pleitos. Conforme a mis juicios los juzgarán. "Guardarán mis instrucciones y mis estatutos en todas mis festividades, y santificarán mis sábados.
SwedishOch i rättssaker skola de uppträda såsom domare och skola avdöma dem efter mina rätter. Och mina lagar och stadgar skola de iakttaga vid alla mina högtider, och mina sabbater skola de hålla heliga. >5 Mos. 17,8 f. 2 Krön. 19,10. Mal. 2,7.
Thaiถ้ามีค"ี เขาจะต้องกระทำหน้าที่ผู้พิพากษา และเขาจะต้องพิพากษาตามคำตั"สินของเรา ในบรร"างานเทศกาลตามกำหน"ของเรานั้นเขาจะต้องรักษาราชบัญญัติและกฎเก"ฑ์ของเรา และเขาจะต้องรักษาวันสะบาโตทั้งหลายของเราให้บริสุทธิ์
UkrainianА в суперечці вони стануть, щоб судити, правосуддям Моїм розсудять її, і будуть стерегти Закони Мої, і устави Мої при всіх святах Моїх, і суботи Мої будуть святити!

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Deem

Derivations

Words beginning with "deem": deemed, deeming, deemphasize, deemphasized, deemphasizes, deemphasizing, deems, deemster, deemsters. (additional references)

Words ending with "deem": adeem, coredeem, misdeem, redeem. (additional references)

Words containing "deem": adeemed, adeeming, adeems, coredeemed, coredeeming, coredeems, irredeemable, irredeemably, misdeemed, misdeeming, misdeems, redeemable, redeemed, redeemer, redeemers, redeeming, redeems, unredeemable, unredeemed. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Deem" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adeem, ceem, daim, daum, dazem, deam, deame, decem, dee, deec, deee, deef, Deeg, deej, deek, deel, deemy, deen, deene, deey, Degen, deh, dehmc, deik, Deim, dein, deium, dej, Deken, delem, delema, dem, Demek, demen, demet, demp, Denemy, deom, deon, deq, derm, deum, deun, Deven, deyen, dfen, Dheen, Dieme, diemy, diesem, diom, dium, Djem, Djemel, dnem, doam, doem, do'em, doeme, Doezema, doim, dreem, dreema, dreen, Drem, ducem, duem, duim, dwee, dwem, dym, edem, edemn, edim, edm, Edme, eem, jeem, keem, meem, veem, weem. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Deem"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "deem" (pronounced dē"m)
3d ē" mredeem.
2-ē" magleam, beam, bream, cream, creme, dream, esteem, extreme, gleam, Hakim, passim, ream, regime, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, supreme, team, teem, theme, upstream.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Deem

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: deme, meed.

Words within the letters "d-e-e-m"

-1 letter: dee, eme, med.

-2 letters: de, ed, em, me.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-e-m"
 

+1 letter: adeem, deems, demes, edema, embed, emend, emyde, meeds, merde, meted, mewed.

 

+2 letters: adeems, beamed, deemed, defame, degame, degerm, delime, demean, dement, demies, demise, demode, demoed, demote, demure, deperm, edemas, embeds, emceed, emends, emerod, emoted, emydes, gemmed, helmed, hemmed, impede, itemed, meated, meddle, mediae, medley, melded, melder, melled, melted, mended, mender, mensed, meoued, meowed, merdes, merged, meshed, messed, metred, mewled, oedema, omened, permed, premed, reamed, redeem, remade, remedy, remend, seamed, seemed, teamed, teemed, temped, termed, themed.

 

+3 letters: academe, adeemed, amended, amender, amerced, beadmen, bedeman, bedemen, bedmate, bedtime, beldame, bemired, bemixed, bemused, benamed, berimed, breamed, cameoed, creamed, deeming, defamed, defamer, defames, degames, degerms, delimed, delimes, demeans, dements, demerge, demerit, demesne, demeton, demirep, demised, demises, demoded, demoses, demoted, demotes, demurer, deperms, deplume, deskmen, dimeter, dreamed, dreamer, edemata, emailed, embayed, embowed, embrued, emended, emender, emerald, emerged, emerods, emeroid, emersed, emitted, empaled, emptied, endemic, endgame, epiderm, ermined, eudemon, exhumed, exoderm, freedom, gleamed, gumweed, headmen, herdmen, homered, impeded, impeder, impedes, jemmied, leadmen, limeade, mayweed, meander, measled, medaled, meddled, meddler, meddles, medevac, mediate, medleys, medusae, melamed, melders, menaced, menders, merited, metaled, metered, mettled, midweek, mimeoed, misdeed, misdeem, mitered, modeled, modeler, moderne, moneyed, moseyed, oedemas, premade, premeds, racemed, rearmed, redeems, redream, reedman, reedmen, relumed, remated, remends, remised, remixed, remodel, removed, renamed, resumed, retimed, schemed, seedman, seedmen, sidemen, smeared, smeeked, smelled, smelted, smerked, steamed, stemmed, templed, tempted, umbeled, umbered, unmewed, venomed, whelmed.

 

+4 letters: academes, adeeming, aldermen, amenders, anthemed, beadsmen, becalmed, becrimed, bedamned, bedesman, bedesmen, bedframe, bedimmed, bedimple, bedmaker, bedmates, bedtimes, bedumbed, begrimed, beldames, bemadden, bemeaned, bemisted, bemoaned, bemocked, bemuddle, benumbed, berhymed, beseemed, beshamed, beslimed, besmiled, besmoked, besmudge, bewormed, bodement, bumpered, cambered, cemented, coempted, comedies, compered, competed, coredeem, cremated, cumbered, daemones, dalesmen, damneder, dampened, dampener, decamped, decemvir, decimate, deemster, defamers, defoamed, defoamer, deformed, deformer, degermed, degummed, demanded, demander, demarche, demarked, demasted, demeaned, demeanor, demented, dementia, demerara, demerged, demerger, demerges, demerits, demersal, demesnes, demetons, demilune, demireps, demitted, demiurge, demobbed, demoness, demonise, demonize, dempster, demurely, demurest, demurred, demurrer, depermed, deplumed, deplumes, dermises, dewormed, dewormer, diademed, diameter, diemaker, dimerize, dimeters, dolesome, domelike, domineer, dreamers, dreamier, ectoderm, emanated, embalmed, embanked, embarked, embarred, embedded, emblazed, emblemed, embodied, embodier, embodies, embolden, emborder, embosked, embossed, embraced, embruted, emendate, emenders, emending, emeralds, emeroids, emplaced, emplaned, employed, emulated, enameled, enamored, encamped, endamage, endameba, endemial, endemics, endemism, endermic, endgames, endoderm, endosome, enflamed, enframed, enjambed, enmeshed, entoderm, entombed, enwombed, ependyma, epidemic, epiderms, esteemed, eudaemon, eudemons, examined, exampled, exempted, exoderms, flambeed, fomented, freedman, freedmen, freedoms, gamodeme, ganymede, gemmated, gendarme, gimleted, gumweeds, hammered, hampered, headsmen, helmeted, hempseed, hempweed, herdsmen, homebred, homemade, imbedded, immerged, immersed, immeshed, impeders, impelled, impended, impledge, inmeshed, itemised, itemized, jeremiad, lamented, leadsmen, lemonade, limbered, limeades, lumbered, maddened, maenades, mammered, mannered, marketed, marveled, mastered, mattered, mayweeds, meanders, measured, meathead, medalled, meddlers, medevacs, medflies, mediated, mediates, medicare, medicate, medicine, medieval, mediocre, meditate, medullae, megadeal, megadose, megadyne, megapode, mellowed, melodeon, melodies, melodise, melodize, membered, mendable, menhaden, mentored, mesdames, meseemed, mesoderm, messaged, metalled, midweeks, mildened, mildewed, milkweed, milleped, misdeeds, misdeems, modelers, modelled, modeller, moderate, moderner, modernes, modester, moldered, molested, mongered, monkeyed, moonseed, morseled, mothered, murdered, murderee, murderer, mustered, muttered, myxedema, nematode, numbered, odometer, oedemata, pampered, pediment, peplumed, perfumed, periderm, permuted, podomere, pommeled, prearmed, premedic, premised, premixed, presumed, pummeled, queendom, rebeldom, recombed, redamage, redeemed, redeemer, redemand, redreams, redreamt, reembody, refilmed, reformed, reframed, rehemmed, reimaged, remailed, remained, remanded, remanned, remapped, remarked, remedial, remedied, remedies, remelted, remended, remerged, reminded, reminder, reminted, remitted, remodels, remolade, remolded, repumped, reremind, reteamed, revamped, rewarmed, screamed, seadrome, sediment, seedsman, seedsmen, seedtime, semideaf, semidome, seminude, simmered, simpered, somedeal, stampede, stepdame, streamed, summered, sumpweed, tampered, tempered, timbered, trameled, trembled, tumefied, udometer, umbelled, unhelmed, unmelted, unmended, unmeshed, unseamed, welcomed, weldment, wormseed, yammered.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Deem


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 65 65 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .    .    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01100101 01100101 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#101 &#101 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0065 0065 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

38717179

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Familiar
5. Quotations: Historic
6. Quotations: Fiction
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Quotations: Speeches
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Bible Trace
16. Derivations
17. Rhymes
18. Anagrams
19. Orthography
20. Bibliography


  

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