1. To solve; to judge; to offer; to condemn. "Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang
upon a tree." (Chaucer)
2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to
keep in opinion; to regard. "For never can I
deem him smaller
him smaller than god." (Dryden)
Origin: OE. Demen to judge, condemn, AS. Dman, fr. Dm doom;
akin to OFries. Dma, OS. Admian, D. Doemen, OHG. Tuommen, Icel. Daema, Sw. Domma, Dan. Domme, Goth. Dmjan. See Doom, and cf. Doom.
Source: Websters Vocabulary