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t. [ 1496 2. To hold in belief or estimation; adjudge as a conclusion; regard as being; account: as, Shakspere is deemed the greatest of poets. For never can I deem him le than god. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Eclogues, i. Yet he who saw this Geraldine Had deem'd her sure a thing divine. Cole ridge, Christ a bel, ii. That what was deemed wisdom in former times, is not nece arily folly in ours. Story , Cambridge, Aug. 31, 1826. The provincial writers of Latin devoted themselves with a dreary a iduity to the imitation of models which they deemed cla ical. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 239. 3t. To judge; pa judgment on; sentence; doom. He badde vs preche and bere wittene e That he schulde deme bot he quike and dede. York Plays , p. 466. The Sowdon doth vs wrong, as thinkith me, To make vs deme a man withoute lawe. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1614. Sixe judges were dispos'd To view and dee me the deedes of armes that day. Spenser, F. Q., IV. iii. 4. 41. To adjudge; decree. If ye dee me me death for loving one That loves not me. Spenser . trat or. IMG:content-2204.png:[blocks in formation] By leel men and lyf-holy my lawe shal be demyd.